Treaties  and  Acts  of  Congress 

Relating  to 

The  Panama  Canal 


1917 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Pag*. 

Chronolrgical  ljgL  of  treaties  relating  to  The  Panama  Canal 3 

Chronological  list  >f  acts  of  Congress  relating  to  The  Panama  Canal 3 

Treaties  relai.  ng  t  >  The  Panama  Canal 9 

Acts  of  Congress  relating  to  The  Panama  Canal 27 

Index. .  i 


CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST  OP  TREATIES  RELATING  TO  THE  PANAMA 

CANAL. 


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"reaty  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  as  to  ship  canal  connect- 
ing Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  April  19,  1850 9 

i Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  to  facilitate  the  construc- 
tion of  a  ship  canal,  November  18,  1901 11 

Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  ship  canal  to  connect  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 

Oceans,  November  18,  1903 13 

Protocol  of  an  agreement  between  the  United  States  and  Panama  regarding 

neutrality,  October  10,  1914 20 

Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  defining  the  boundary  line  of 
the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  September  2,  1914 20 


CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST  OF  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  THE 

PANAMA  CANAL. 


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An  act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  approved  June  28,  1902 . 27 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  J  une  30,  1905,  approved  March  12,  1904 29 

An  act  making  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1905,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  April  23,  1904 30 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1904,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes, 
approved  April  28,  1904 y 30 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  temporary  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  at  Panama, 
the  protection  of  the  canal  works,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  April  28, 
1904 30 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  ex- 
penses of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1906,  and  for 
other  purposes,  approved  February  3,  1905 31 

An  act  fixing  the  status  of  merchandise  coming  into  the  United  States  from  the 
Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  approved  March  2,  1905 31 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1905,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes, 
approved  March  3,  1905 31 


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An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1906,  approved  March  3,  1905 32 

An  act  supplemental  to  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  construction 
of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,"  approved 
June  28,  1902,  and  making  appropriation  for  Isthmian  Canal  construction, 
and  for  other  purposes,  approved  December  21,  1905 . 32- 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1906,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses, approved  February  27,  1906 33 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1907,  approved  June  16,  1906 . 34 

Joint  resolution  providing  for  the  purchase  of  material  and  equipment  for  use 
in  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  approved  June  25,  1906 *  34 

An  act  for  the  acknowledgment  of  deeds  and  other  instruments  in  Guam, 
Samoa,  and  the  Canal  Zone  to  affect  lands  in  the  District  of  Columbia  and 
other  Territories,  approved  June  28,  1906 35 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  lock  canal  connecting  the  waters  of 
the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  and  the  method  of  construction,  approved 
June  29,  1906 35 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1907,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June  30, 
1906 .--w /•: 35 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1906,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses, approved  June  30,  1906 36 

Joint  resolution  to  provide  for  the  printing  of  16,000  copies  of  Senate  Document 

No.  144,  Fifty-ninth  Congress,  second  S3ssion,  approved  January  16,  1907 36 

An  act  to  regulate  the  immigration  of  aliens  into  the  United  States,  approved 
February  20,  1907 37 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1908,  approved  February  22,  1907 37 

An  act  to  satisfy  certain  claims  against  the  Government  arising  under  the  Navy 
Department,  approved  March  4,  1907 37 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1908,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4, 
1907 .- 38 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  the  appropria- 
tions for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1908,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for 
other  purposes,  approved  February  15,  1908 40 

An  act  relating  to  the  liability  of  common  carriers  by  railroad  to  their  employees 
in  certain  cases,  approved  April  22,  1908 41 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30.  1909,  approved  May  21,  1908 42 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1909,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  May 
27 ,  1908 42 

An  act  granting  to  certain  employees  of  the  United  States  the  right  to  receive 
from  it  compensation  for  injuries  sustained  in  the  course  of  their  employment, 
approved  May  30,  1908 45 

An  act  relating  to  injured  employees  on  the  Isthmian  Canal,  approved  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1909 - 46 

An  act  relating  to  the  use,  control,  and  ownership  of  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone, 

Isthmus  of  Panama,  approved  February  27,  1909 46 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1910,  approved  March'  2,  1909 47 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1910,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4, 
1909 -.---. -.--: 47 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1909,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes, 
approved  March  4,  1909 50 

An  act  to  provide  revenue,  equalize  duties,  and  encourage  the  industries  of  the 
United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  5,  1909 .-•-.---  51 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations 
for  the  fiscal  year  1909,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  5,  1909 51 


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An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations 

for  the  fiscal  year  1910,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  February  25,  1910. .  52 

An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  relating  to  the  liability  of  common  car- 
riers by  railroad  to  their  employees  in  certain  cases,"  approved  April  22, 1908, 
approved  April  5,  1910 52 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1911,  approved  May  6,  1910. 53 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  earthquake  sufferers  in  Costa  Rica,  approved  May  13, 
1910 53 

An  act  to  further  regulate  interstate  and  foreign  commerce  by  prohibiting  the 
transportation  therein  for  immoral  purposes  of  women  and  girls,  and  for  other 
purposes,  approved  June  25,  1910 53 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1911,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June 
25,  1910 55 

Joint  resolution  authorizing  the  President  to  invite  foreign  countries  to  partici- 
pate in  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  in  1915,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  approved  February  15,  1911 58 

An  act  to  restrain  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  from  receiving  bonds  issued  to 
provide  money  for  the  building  of  the  Panama  Canal  as  security  for  the  issue 
of  circulating  notes  to  national  banks,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved 
March  2,  1911 '58 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1912,  approved  March  3,  1911 58 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
30,  1912,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4,  1911 59 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1912,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March 
4,  1911 1 59 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1913,  approved  April  30,  1912 62 

An  act  limiting  the  hours  of  daily  service  of  laborers  and  mechanics  employed 
upon  work  done  for  the  United  States,  or  for  any  Territory,  or  for  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June  19,  1912 62 

Joint  resolution  extending  appreciations  for  the  necessary  operations  of  the 

Government  under  certain  contingencies,  approved  July  1,  1912 63 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  the  heirs  of  Robert  S.  Gill,  approved  July  3,  1912 64 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  Douglas  B.  Thompson,  approved  July  3,  ]912 64 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  Alessandro  Comba,  approved  July  10,  1912 64 

Joint  resolution  to  continue  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  approved  July  1, 
1912,  entitled  "Joint  resolutio*n  extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary 
operations  of  the  Government  under  certain  contingencies,"  approved  Au- 
gust 1,  1912 65 

An  act  to  regulate  radio  communication,  approved  August  13,  1912 65 

Joint  resolution  to  further  continue  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  approved 
July  1.  1912,  entitled  "Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for  the 
necessary  operations  of  the  Government  under  certain  contingencies,"  ap- 
proved August  15,  1912 r 70 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30.  1913,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  22,  1912 70 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1913,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August 
24,  1912 70 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  protection,  and  operation  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
approved  August  24,  3912 * 74 

An  act  making  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing June  30,  1913,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  24,  1912 81 

Joint  resolution  amending  the  Army  appropriation  bill,  approved  August  24, 

1912 82 

An  act  to  pay  certain  employees  of  the  Government  for  injuries  received  while 
in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  approved  1  ebruary  7,  1913 82 

An  act  to  pay  certain  employees  of  the  Government  for  injuries  received  while 
in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  for  other  claims,  approved  February  18. 
1913..  82 


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An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1914,  approved  t  ebruary  28,  1913  ..............  83 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1914,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4,  1913  ..............  83 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  1913,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March 
4,  1913  ..................................................................  83 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  certain  expenses  incident  to  the  first  session 
'of  the  Sixty-third  Congress,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  May  1,  1913.  .  .  84 

An  act  providing  certain  legislation  for  the  Panama  California  Exposition  to 
be  held  in  San  Diego,  Cal.,  during  the  year  1915,  approved  May  22,  1913.  ..  84 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1914,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June 
23,  1913  .................................................................  85 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriationa 
for  the  fiscal  year  1913,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  October  22,  1913.  .  .  90 

Joint  resolution  for  recognition  of  the  services  of  the  late  David  Du  B.  Gaillard, 
lieutenant  colonel,  Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  as  a  member  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  for  the  relief  of  Mrs.  Katherine  Davis 
Gaillard,  approved  December  22,  1913  .......  .  .  .....  .  ......  .  .  ............  90 

An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  prohibit  the  importation  and  use  of 
opium  for  other  than  medicinal  purposes,"  approved  February  9,  1909, 
approved  January  17,  1914  ..............................................  91 

An  act  to  authorize  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  locate,  construct,  and 
operate  railroads  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved 
March  12,  1914  .........................................................  91 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations 
for  the  fiscal  year  1914,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved 
April  6,  1914  ............................................................  92 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1915,  approved  April  27,  1914  ............................  93 

An  act  to  amend  section  5  of  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance, 
protection,  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  gov- 
ernment of  the  Canal  Zone,"  approved  August  24,  1912,  approved  June  15, 
1914  ...................................................................  94 

An  act  to  authorize  and  direct  Col.  George  W.  Goethals,  governor  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  and  formerly  chairman  and  chief  engineer  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  to  investigate  certain  claims  of  the  McClintic-Marshall  Con- 
struction Co.,  approved  June  24,  1914  ....................................  94 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1915,  approved  June  30,  1914  .............  .  ____  95 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30.  1915,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June  30,  1914  ..............  95 

Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary  operations  of  the 
Government  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  under  certain  contingencies, 
approved  June  30,  1914  ..........  ...  .........  .  .........  .................  9ft 

Joint  resolution  to  continue  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  approved  June 
30,  1914,  entitled  "Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary 
operations  of  the  government  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  under  certain 
contingencies,"  approved  July  16,  1914.  .  .  .  ..........  .  ...........  .  .  .  .....  98 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  ex- 
penses of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1915,  and  for 
other  purposes,  approved  July  16,  1914  ...................................  97 

An  act  for  tne  relief  of  Mary  E.  Goodley,  approved  July  17,  1914  .............        97 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1915,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August 
1,  1914  ......  .  ..............  ....  ........  .  .....  ......  ..........  .  .......  ....  97 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  admission  of  foreign  -built  ships  to  American  registry 
for  the  foreign  trade,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  18,  1914  ......  105 

An  act  to  present  the  steam  launch  Louise,  now  employed  in  the  construction 
of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  the  French  Government,  approved  August  25,  1914  .  .  105 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  registration  of,  with  collectors  of  internal  revenue,  and 
to  impose  a  special  tax  upon,  all  persons  who  produce,  import,  manufacture, 
compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute,  or  give  away  opium  or  coca 
leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations,  and  for  other  purposes,  ap- 
proved December  17,  1914  ...............................  .................  105 


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Jin  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  1915  and  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  January 

25,  1915 .%     109 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  Jotyi  Burrows,  approved  February  27,  1915 109 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1916,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  3, 

1915 110 

An  act  to  authorize  aids  to  navigation  and  other  works  in  the  Lighthouse  Serv- 
ice, and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  3,  1915 114 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 

June  30,  1916,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  3,  1915 114 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  F.  W.  Theodore  Schroeter,  approved  March  3,  1915 114 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  L.  V.  Thomas,  approved  March  3,  MH5 115 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  ex- 
penses of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1916,  and  for 

other  purposes,  approved  March  4,  1915 116 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year 

ending  June  30,  1916,  approved  March  4,  1915. 115 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 

fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1916,  approved  March  4,  1915 115 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  1915,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4, 

1915 116 

An  act  to  provide  for  recognizing  the  services  of  certain  officers  of  the  Army, 
Navy,  and  Public  Health  Service  for  their  services  in  connection  with  the 
construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  extend  to  certain  of  such  officers  the 

thanks  of  Congress,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4,  1915 117 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  further  urgent  deficiencies  in  appro- 
priations for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1916,  and  prior  years,  and  for  other 

purposes,  approved  February  28,  1916 117 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  ex- 
penses of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  and  for 

other  purposes,  approved  May  10,  1916 118 

An  act  for  making  further  and  more  effectual  provision  for  the  national  defense, 

and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June  3,  1916 118 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  diplomatic  and  consular  service  for  the 

fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  approved  July  1,  1916 119 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1917,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  July  1, 

1916 119 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  Joseph  A.  Buckholdt,  approved  August  4,  1916 123 

An  act  for  the  relief  of  Qlaf  Nelson,  approved  August  8,  1916 123 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal 

year  ending  June  30.  1917,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  11,  1916.  124 
An  act  extending  certain  privileges  of  canal  employees  to  other  officials  on  the 
Canal  Zone  and  authorizing  the  President  to  make  rules  and  regulations 
affecting  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation,  public  roads,  self-propelled 
vehicles,  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other  purposes,  includ- 
ing provision  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders,  and  interest  deposits,  approved 

August  21,  1916 124 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year 

ending  June  30.  1917,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  29,  1916 126 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 

June  30,  1917,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  August  29,  1916 126 

An  act  to  provide  compensation  for  employees  of  the  United  States  suffering 
injuries  while  in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  for  other  purposes,  ap- 
proved September  7.  1916 127 

An  act  to  establish  a  United  States  Shipping  Board  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging, 
developing,  and  creating  a  naval  auxiliary  and  naval  reserve  and  a  merchant 
marine  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  commerce  of  the  United  States  with 
its  Territories  and  possessions  and  with  foreign  countries;  to  regulate  carriers 
by  water  engaged  in  the  foreign  and  interstate  commerce  of  the  United  States; 

and  for  other  purposes,  approved  September  7,  1916 134 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1916,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  and  for  other  purposes, 
approved  Septembers,  1916 142 


8  CONTENTS. 

An  act  to  regulate  the  immigration  of  aliens  to,  and  the  residence  of  aliens  in, 
the  United  States,  approved  by  passage  after  veto;  by  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, February  1,  1917;  by  the  Senate,  February  5,  1917 143 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  fortifications  and  other  works  of  defense,  for 
the  armament  thereof,  for  the  procurement  of  heavy  ordnance  for  trial  and 
service,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  February  14,  1917 144 

An  act  authorizing  transfer  of  certain  retired  Army  officers  to  the  active  list, 
approved  February  23,  1917 144 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1918,  approved  March  3,  1917 145 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  ex- 
penses of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1918,  and  for 
other  purposes,  approyed*March  3,  1917 145 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  30,  1918,  approved  March  4,  1917 146 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1918,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  4,  1917 146 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses, approved  April  17,  1917 148 

An  act  to  amend  section  10  of  chapter  2  of  the  Criminal  Code,  approved  May  7, 
1917 *.. 148 

Joint  resolution  authorizing  the  President  to  take  over  for  the  United  States 
the  possession  and  title  of  any  vessel  within  its  jurisdiction,  which  at  the 
time  of  coming  therein  was  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  corporation, 
citizen,  or  subject  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  may  be  at 
war,  or  was  under  register  of  any  such  nation,  and  for  other  purposes,  ap- 
proved May  12,  1917 148 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1918,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  May  12,  1917 149 

An  act  to  temporarily  increase  the  commissioned  and  warrant  and  enlisted 
strength  of  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved 
May  22,  1917 149 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1918,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June 
12,1917 150 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations 
for  the  Military  and  Naval  Establishments  on  account  of  war  expenses  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  June 
15,1917 154 

An  act  to  punish  acts  of  interference  with  the  foreign  relations,  the  neutrality, 
and  the  foreign  commerce  of  the  United  States,  to  punish  espionage,  and 
better  to  enforce  the  criminal  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses, approved  June  15,  1917 155 

Joint  resolution  to  correct  an  error  in  the  sundry  civil  appropriation  act  for  the 
fiscal  year  1918,  approved  June  21,  1917 166 

An  act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1918,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  on  account  of 
war  expenses  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  October  6,  1917 167 

An  act  to  define,  regulate,  and  punish  trading  with  the  enemy,  and  for  other 
purposes,  approved  October  6,  1917 168 


TREATIES  RELATING  TO  THE  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Convention  as  to  ship-canal  connecting  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  1850. 
( Clayton-Bui wer  Treaty.)  Concluded  April  19,  1850;  ratification  advised  by 
the  Senate  May  22,  1850;  ratified  by  the  President  May  23,  1850;  ratifications 
exchanged  July  4,  1850 ;  proclaimed  July  5,  1850. 

AETICLES. 

I.  Declarations  as  to  control  of  canal,  occupation  of  territory,  and  commercial 
advantages. 

II.  Neutrality  of  canal  in  case  of  wan 
III.  Protection  of  construction^ 
IV.  Mutual  influence  to  facilitate  construction. 
V.  Guarantee  of  neutrality.. 
VI.  Cooperation  of  other  States. 
VII.  Mutual  encouragement  to* .speedy  construction. 
VIII.  Protection  to  other  communications. 

IX.  Ratification. 

The  United  States  of  America  and  Her  Britannic  Majesty,  being  desirous  of 
consolidating  the  relations  of  amity  which  is  so  happily  subsist  between  them,  by 
setting  forth  and  fixing  in  a  Convention  their  views  and  intentions  with  refer- 
ence to  any  means  of  communication  by  ship  canal,  which  may  be  constructed 
between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans  by  the  way  of  the  River  San  Juan  de 
Nicaragua  and  either  or  both  of  the  Lakes  of  Nicaragua  or  Managua,  to  any  port 
or  place  on  the  Pacific  Ocean, — The  President  of  the  United  States  has  conferred 
full  powers  on  John  M.  Clayton.  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States;  and 
Her  Britannic  Majesty  on  the  Right  Honorable  Sir  Henry  Lytton  Bulwer,  a 
member  of  Her  Majesty's  Most  Honorable  Privy  Council,  Knight  Commander  of 
the  Most  Honorable  Order  of  the  Bath,  and  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty  to  the  United  States,  for  the  aforesaid 
purpose;  and  the  said  Plenipotentiaries  having  exchanged  their  full  powers,' 
which  were  found  to  be  in  proper  form,  have  agreed  to  the  following  articles : 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  Grent  Britain  hereby  declare,  that 
neither  the  one  nor  the  other  will  ever  obtain  or  maintain  for  itself  any  exclu- 
sive control  over  the  said  Ship  Canal ;  agreeing  that  neither  will  ever  erect  or 
maintain  any  fortifications  commanding  the  same,  or  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  or 
occupy,  or  fortify,  or  colonize,  or  assume  or  exercise  any  dominion  over  Nica- 
ragua, Costa  Rica,  the  Mosquito  Coast,  or  any  part  of  Central  America  ;  nor 
will  either  make  use  of  any  protection  which  either  affords  or  may  afford,  or  any 
alliance  which  either  has  or  may  have,  to  or  with  any  State  or  People  for  the 
purpose  of  erecting  or  maintaining  any  such  fortifications,  or  of  occupying, 
fortifying,  or  colonizing  Nicaragua,  Costa  Rica,  the  Mosquito  Coast,  or  any  part 
of  Central  America,  or  of  assuming  or  exercising  dominion  over  the  same;  nor 
will  the  United  States  or  Grc-it  Britain  take  advantage  of  any  intimacy,  or  use 
any  alliance,  connection  or  influence  that  either  may  possess  with  any  State  or 
Government  through  whose  territory  the  said  Canal  may  pass,  for  the  purpose 
of  acquiring  or  holding,  directly  or  indirectly,  for  the  citizens  or  subjects  of  the 
one,  any  rights  or  advantages  in  regard  to  commerce  or  navigation  through  the 
said  canal  which  shall  not  be  offered  on  the  same  terms  to  the  citizens  or 
subjects  of  the  other. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Vessels  of  the  United  States  or  Great  Britain,  traversing  the  said  Canal  shall, 
In  case  of  war  between  the  contracting  parties,  be  exempted  from  blockade, 
detention  or  capture,  by  either  of  the  belligerents ;  and  this  provision  shall  ex- 

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10        TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL, 

tend  to  such  a  distance  from  the  two  ends  of  the  said  Canal  as  may  hereafter 
be  found  expedient  to  establish. 

ARTICLE  III. 

In  order  to  secure  the  construction  of  the  said  Canal,  the  contracting  parties 
engage  that,  if  any  such  Canal  shall  be  undertaken  upon  fair  and  equitable 
terms  by  any  parties  having  the  authority  of  the  local  Government  or  Govern- 
ments through  whose  territory  the  same  may  pass,  then  the  persons  employed 
in  making  the  said  Canal  and  their  property  used,  or  to  be  used,  for  that  object, 
shall  be  protected,  from  the  commencement  of  the  said  Canal  to  its  completion, 
by  the  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain,  from  unjust  de- 
tention, confiscation,  seizure  or  any  violence  whatsoever. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  contracting  parties  will  use  whatever  influence  they  respectively  exercise, 
with  any  State,  States  or  Governments  possessing,  or  claiming  to  possess, 
any  jurisdiction  or  right  over  the  territory  which  the  said  Canal  shall  traverse, 
or  which  shall  be  near  the  waters  applicable  thereto;  in  order  to  induce  such 
States,  or  Governments,  to  facilitate  the  construction  of  the  said  Canal  by  every 
means  in  their  power;  and  furthermore,  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain 
agree  to  use  their  good  offices,  wherever  or  however  it  may  be  most  expedient, 
in  order  to  procure  the  establishment  of  two  free  Ports, — one  at  each  end  of 
the  said  Canal. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  contracting  parties  further  engage  that,  when  the  said  Canal  shall  have 
been  completed  they  will  protect  it  from  interruption,  seizure  or  unjust  con- 
fiscation, and  that  they  will  guarantee  the  neutrality  thereof,  so  that  the  said 
Canal  may  forever  be  open  and  free,  and  the  capital  invested  therein,  secure. 
Nevertheless,  the  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain,  in 
according  their  protection  to  the  construction  of  the  said  Canal,  and  guarantee- 
ing its  neutrality  and  security  when  completed,  always  understand  that,  this 
protection  and  guarantee  are  granted  conditionally,  and  may  be  withdrawn 
by  both  Governments,  or  either  Government,  if  both  Governments  or  either 
Government,  should  deem  that  the  persons  or  company,  undertaking  or  man- 
aging the  same,  adopt  or  establish  such  regulations  concerning  the  traffic  there- 
upon, as  are  contrary  to  the  spirit  and  intention  of  this  Convention, — either 
by  making  unfair  discriminations  in  favor  of  the  commerce  of  one  of  the  con- 
tracting parties  over  tne  commerce  of  the  other,  or  by  imposing  oppressive  ex- 
actions or  unreasonable  tolls  upon  passengers,  vessels,  goods,  wares,  merchan- 
dise, or  other  articles.  Neither  party,  however,  shall  withdraw  the  aforesaid 
protection  and  guarantee  without  first  giving  six  months  notice  to  the  other. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  contracting  parties  in  this  Convention  engage  to  invite  every  State  with 
which  both  or  either  have  friendly  intercourse,  to  enter  into  stipulations  with 
them  similar  to  those  which  they  have  entered  into  with  each  other;  to  the 
end  that  all  other  States  may  share  in  the  honor  and  advantage  of  having  con- 
tributed to  a  work  of  such  general  interest  and  importance  as  the  Canal  herein 
contemplated.  And  the  contracting  parties  likewise  agree  that,  each  shall  enter 
into  Treaty  stipulations  with  such  of  the  Central  American  States,  as  they  may 
deem  advisable,  for  the  purpose  of  more  effectually  carrying  out  the  great 
design  of  this  Convention,  namely, — that  of  constructing  and  maintaining  the 
said  Canal  as  a  ship-communication  between  the  two  Oceans,  for  the  benefit  of 
mankind,  on  equal  terms  to  all.  and  of  protecting  the  same;  and  they,  also, 
agree  that,  the  good  offices  of  either  shall  be  employed,  when  requested  by  the 
other,  in  aiding  and  assisting  the  negotiations  of  such  treaty  stipulations;  and, 
should  any  differences  arise  as  to  right  or  property  ovej*  the  territory  through 
which  the  said  Canal  shall  pass, — between  the  States  or  Governments  of  Central 
America, — and  such  differences  should,  in  any  way,  impede  or  obstruct  the  exe- 
cution of  the  said  Canal,  the  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain  will  use  their  good  offices  to  settle  such  differences  in  the  manner  best 
suited  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  said  Canal,  and  to  strengthen  the  bond* 
of  friendship  and  alliance  which  exist  between  the  contracting  parties. 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       11 

ARTICLE  VII. 

It  being  desirable  that  no  time  should  be  unnecessarily  lost  in  commencing 
and  constructing  the  said  Canal,  the  Governments  of  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  determine  to  give  their  support  and  encouragement  to  such  per- 
sons, or  company,  as  may  first  offer  to  commence  the  same,  with  the  necessary 
capital,  the  consent  of  the  local  authorities,  and  on  such  principles  as  accord 
with  the  spirit  and  intention  of  this  Convention ;  and  if  any  persons,  or  com- 
pany, should  already  have,  with  any  State  through  which  the  proposed  Ship- 
Canal  may  pnss,  a  contract  for  the  construction  of  such  a  canal  as  that  speci- 
fied in  this  Convention, — to  the  stipulations  of  which  contract  neither  of  the 
contracting  parties  in  this  convention  have  any  just  cause  to  object, — and  the 
said  persons,  or  company,  shall  moreover,  have  made  preparations  and  expended 
time,  money,  and  trouble  on  the  faith  of  such  contract,  it  is  hereby  agreed 
that  such  persons,  or  company,  shall  have  a  priority  of  claim  over  every  other 
pei-son,  persons,  or  company  to  the  protection  of  the  Governments  of  the  United 
States  and  Great  Britain,  and  be  allowed  a  year,  from  the  date  of  the  exchange 
of  the  ratifications  of  this  Convention  for  concluding  their  arrangements,  and 
presenting  evidence  of  sufficient  capital  subscribed  to  accomplish  the  contem- 
plated undertaking;  it  being  understood,  that  if,  at  the  expiration  of  the 
aforesaid  period,  such  persons,  or  company  be  not  able  to  commence  and  carry 
out  the  proposed  enterprise,  then  the  Governments  of  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  shall  be  free  to  afford  their  protection  to  any  other  persons,  or 
company,  that  shall  be  prepared  to  commence  and  proceed  with  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Canal  in  question. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

The  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  having  not  only 
desired  in  entering  into  this  Convention,  to  accomplish  a  particular  object,  but, 
also,  to  establish  a  general  principle,  they  hereby  agree  to  extend  their  protec- 
tion, by  Treaty  stipulations,  to  any  other  practicable  communications,  whether 
by  Canal  or  rail-way,  across  the  Isthmus  which  connects  North  and  South 
America;  and,  especially  to  the  inter-oceanic  communications, — should  the  same 
prove  to  be  practicable,  whether  by  Canal  or  rail-way, — which  are  now  pro- 
posed to  be  established  by  the  way  of  Tehuantepec,  or  Panama.  In  granting, 
however,  their  joint  protection  to  any  such  Canals  or  rail-ways,  as  are  by  this 
Article  specified,  it  is  always  understood  by  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain,  that  the  parties  constructing  or  owning  the  same,  shall  impose  no 
other  charges  or  conditions  of  traffic  thereupon,  than  the  aforesaid  Govern- 
ments shall  approve  of,  as  just  and  equitable;  and,  that  the  same  Canals  or 
rail-ways,  being  open  to  the  citizens  and  subjects  of  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  on  equal  terms,  shall,  also,  be  open  on  like  terms  to  the  citizens 
and  subjects  of  every  other  State  which  is  willing  to  grant  thereto,  such  pro- 
tection as  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  engage  to  afford. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  ratifications  of  this  Convention  shall  be  exchanged  at  Washington, 
within  six  months  from  this  day,  or  sooner,  if  possible. 

In  faith  whereof,  we,  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries,  have  signed  this  Con- 
YCMition.  and  have  hereunto  affixed  our  Seals. 

Done,  nt  Wnshington,  the  nineteenth  day  of  April,  Anno  Domini  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  fifty. 

JOHN  M.  CLAYTON.  [SEAL.] 

HENRY  LYTTON  BULWEB.     [SEAL,] 

Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  to  facilitate  the  construc- 
tion of  n  ship  canal.  Signed  at  Washington.  November  18,  1901 ;  ratifica- 
tion advised  by  the  Senate,  December  16,  1901 ;  ratified  by  the  President, 
December  26.  1901 ;  ratified  by  Great  Britain,  January  20,  1902 ;  ratifications 
exchanged  at  Washington,  February  21,  1902 ;  proclaimed,  February  22,  1902. 

BY  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 
A  PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas,  a  Convention  between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  United 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  to  facilitate  the  construction  of  a  ship 
canal  to  connect  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  by  whatever  route  may  be  con- 


12       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

sidered  expedient,  and  to  that  end  to  remove  any  objection  which  may  arise  out 
of  the  Convention  of  the  19th  April,  1850,  commonly  called  the  Clayton-Buhver 
treaty,  to  the  construction  of  such  canal  under  the  auspices  of  the  Government 
of  the  United  States,  without  impairing  the  "  general  principle  "  of  neutralization 
established  in  Article  VIII  of  that  Convention,  was  concluded  and  signed  by 
their  respective  plenipotentiaries  at  the  city  of  Washington  on  the  18th  day  of 
November,  1901,  the  original  of  which  Convention  is  word  for  word  as  follows : 

The  United  States  of  America  and  His  Majesty  Edward  the  Seventh,  of  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  and  of  the  British  Dominions 
beyond  the  Seas,  King,  and  Emperor  of  India,  being  desirous  to  facilitate  the 
construction  of  a  ship  canal  to  connect  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  by  what- 
ever route  may  be  considered  expedient,  and  to  that  end  to  remove  any  objection 
which  may  arise  out  of  the  Convention  of  the  19th  April,  1850,  commonly  called 
the  Clayton-Bulwer  Treaty,  to  the  construction  of  such  canal  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  without  impairing  the  "general  prin- 
ciple "  of  neutralization  established  in  Article  VIII  of  that  Convention,  have  for 
that  purpose  appointed  as  their  Plenipotentiaries: 

The  President  of  the  United  States,  John  Hay,  Secretary  of  State  of  the 
United  States  of  America ; 

And  His  Majesty  Edward  the  Seventh,  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  and  of  the  British  Dominions  beyond  the  Seas,  King,  and 
Emperor  of  India,  the  Right  Honourable  Lord  Pauncefote,  G.  C.  B.,  G.  C.  M.  G., 
His  Majesty's  Ambassador  Extraordinary  and  Plenipotentiary  to  the  United 
States ; 

Who,  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  full  powers  which  were  found 
to  be  in  due  and  proper  form,  have  agreed  upon  the  following  Articles : — 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties  agree  that  the  present  Treaty  shall  supersede 
the  afore-mentioned  Convention  of  the  19th  April,  1850. 

ARTICLE  II. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  canal  may  be  constructed  under  the  auspices  of  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States,  either  directly  at  is  own  cost,  or  by  gift  or  loan  of 
money  to  individuals  or  Corporations,  or  through  subscription  to  or  purchase  of 
stock  or  shares,  and  that,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  present  Treaty,  the 
said  Government  shall  have  and  enjoy  all  the  rights  incident  to  such  construc- 
tion, as  well  as  the  exclusive  right  of  providing  for  the  regulation  and  manage- 
ment of  the  canal. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  United  States  adopts,  as  the  basis  of  the  neutralization  of  such  ship 
canal,  the  following  Rules,  substantially  as  embodied  in  the  Convention  of  Con- 
stantinople, signed  the  28th  October,  1888,  for  the  free  navigation  of  the  Suez 
Canal,  that  is  to  say : 

1.  The  canal  shall  be  free  and  open  to  the  vessels  of  commerce  and  of  war  of 
all  nations  observing  these  Rules,  on  terms  of  entire  equality,  so  that  there  shall 
be  no  discrimination  against  any  such  nation,  or  its  citizens  or  subjects,  in 
respect  of  the  conditions  or  charges  of  traffic,  or  otherwise.     Such  conditions 
and  charges  of  traffic  shall  be  just  and  equitable. 

2.  The  canal  shall  never  be  blockaded,  nor  shall  any  right  of  war  be  exercised 
nor  any  act  of  hostility  be  committed  within  it.     The  United  States,  however, 
shall  be  at  liberty  to  maintain  such  military  police  along  the  canal  as  may  be 
necessary  to  protect  it  against  lawlessness  and  disorder. 

3.  Vessels  of  war  of  a  belligerent  shall  not  revictual  nor  take  any  stores  in 
the  canal  except  so  far  as  may  be  strictly  necessary ;  and  the  transit  of  such 
vessels  through  the  canal  shall  be  effected  with  the  least  possible  delay  in 
accordance  with  the  Regulations  in  force,  and  with  only  such  intermission  as 
may  result  from  the  necessities  of  the  service. 

Prizes  shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  to  the  same  Rules  as  vessels  of  war  of 
the  belligerents. 

4.  No  belligerent  shall  embark  or  disembark  troops,  munitions  of  war,  or 
warlike  materials  in  the  canal,  except  in  case  of  accidental  hindrance  of  the 
transit,  and  in  such  case  the  transit  shall  be  resumed  with  all  possible  dispatch. 


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5.  The  provisions  of  this  Article  shall  apply  to  waters  adjacent  to  the  canal, 
within  3  marine  miles  of  either  end.    Vessels  of  war  of  a  belligerent  shall  not 
remain  in  such  waters  longer  than  twenty-four  hours  at  any  one  time,  except 
in  case  of  distress,  and  in  such  case,  shall  depart  as  soon  as  possible;  but  a 
vessel  of  war  of  one  belligerent  shall   not  depart  within  twenty-four  hours 
from  the  departure  of  a  vessel  of  war  of  the  other  belligerent. 

6.  The  plant,  establishments,  buildings,  and  all  works  necessary  to  the  con- 
struction, maintenance,  and  operation  of  the  canal  shall  be  deemed  to  be  part 
thereof,  for  the  purposes  of  this  Treaty,  and  in  time  of  war,  as  in  time  of 
peace,  shall  enjoy  complete  immunity  from  attack  or  injury  by  belligerents,  and 
from  acts  calculated  to  impair  their  usefulness  as  part  of  the  canal. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

• 

It  is  agreed  that  no  change  of  territorial  sovereignty  or  of  the  international 
relations  of  the  country  or  countries  traversed  by  the  before-mentioned  canal 
shall  affect  the  general  principle  of  neutralization  or  the  obligation  of  the  High- 
Contracting  Parties  under  the  present  Treaty. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  present  Treaty  shall  be  ratified  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate  thereof,  and  by  His  Britannic 
Majesty ;  and  the  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  Washington  or  at  London 
at  the  earliest  possible  time  within  six  months  from  the  date  hereof. 

In  faith  whereof  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  have  signed  this  Treaty  and 
thereunto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  in  duplicate  at  Washington,  the  18th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of 
Our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  one. 

JOHN  HAY.       [SEAL.] 
PAUNCEFOTE.      [  SEAL.  ] 

And  Whereas  the  said  Convention  has  been  duly  ratified  on  both  parts,  and 
the  ratification  of  the  two  Governments  were  exchanged  in  the  city  of  Wash- 
ington on  the  twenty-first  day  of  February,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
two ; 

Now,  therefore,  be  it  known  that  I,  Theodore  Roosevelt,  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  have  caused  the  said  Convention  to  be  made  public, 
to  the  end  that  the  same  and  every  article  and  clause  thereof  may  be  observed 
tfnd  fulfilled  with  good  faith  by  the  United  States  and  the  citizens  thereof. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington,  this  twenty-second  day  of  February,  in  the 
year  of  Our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  two,  and  of  the  Independence 
of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  twenty-sixth. 

[SEAL.]  THEODORE  ROOSEVELT. 

By  the  President : 
JOHN  HAY, 

Secretary  of  State. 

Convention  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  the  construction, 
of  a  Ship  Canal  to  connect  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans. 

PANAMA — SHIP  CANAL. 
CONVENTION 

BETWEEN  THE  UNITED  STATES  AND  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  PANAMA  FOR  THE  CONSTRUC- 
TION OF  A  SHIP  CANAL  TO  CONNECT  THE  WATERS  OF  THE  ATLANTIC  AND  PACIFIC 
OCEANS. 

Signed  at  Washington,  November  18,  1903. 

Ratification  advised  by  the  Senate,  Februnry  23,  1904. 

Ratified  by  the  President,  February  25,  1904. 

Ratified  by  Panama,  December  2,  1903. 

Ratifications  exchanged  at  Washington,  February  26,  1904. 

Proclaimed,  February  26,  1904. 


14       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL, 

BY  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 
A  PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas,  a  Convention  between  the  United  States  of  Xmerica  and  the  Repub- 
lic of  Panama  to  insure  the  construction  of  a  ship  canal  across  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  to  connect  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  was  concluded  and  signed 
by  their  respective  Plenipotentiaries  at  Washington,  on  the  eighteenth  day  of 
November,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  three,,  the  original  of  which  Conven- 
tion, being  in  the  English  language,  is  word  for  word  as  follows : 

ISTHMIAN    CANAL   CONVENTION. 

The  United  States  of  America  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  being  desirous  to 
Insure  the  construction  of  a  ship  canal  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  connect 
the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  and  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of 
America  having  passed  an  act  approved  June  28,  1902,  in  furtherance  of  that 
object,  by  which  the  President  of  the  United  States  is  authorized  to  acquire 
within  a  reasonable  time  the  control  of  the  necessary  territory  of  the  Republic 
of  Colombia,  and  the  sovereignty  of  such  territory  being  actually  vested  in  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  the  high  contracting  parties  have  resolved  for  that  pur- 
pose to  conclude  a  convention  and  have  accordingly  appointed  as  their  pleni- 
potentiaries,— 

The  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  John  Hay,  Secretary  of  State, 
and 

The  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  Philippe  Bunau-Varilla,  Envoy 
Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  there- 
unto specially  empowered  by  said  government,  who  after  communicating  with 
each  other  their  respective  full  powers,  found  to  be  in  good  and  due  form,  have 
agreed  upon  and  concluded  the  following  articles: 

ARTICLE  I. 

...       The  United   States  guarantees  and  will  maintain  the  Independence  of  the 
g\J  Republic  of  Panama. 

ARTICLE  II. 


yrhe  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  in  perpetuity  the  use, 
upation  and  control  of  a  zone  of  land  and  land  under  water  for  the  construc- 
vivn,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protections  said  canal  of  the  width 
of  ten  miles  extending  to  the  distance  of  five  miles  on  each  side  of  the  center 
line  of  the  route  of  the  canal  to  be  constructed:  the  said  zone  beginning  in  the 
Caribbean  Sea  three  marine  miles  from  mean  low  water  mark  and  extending  to 
and  across  the  Isthmus  of  E'anama  into  the  Pacific  Ocean  to  a  distance  of  three 
marine  miles  from  mean  low  water  mark  with  the  proviso  that  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon  and  the  harbors  adjacent  to  said  cities,  which  are  included 
within  the  boundaries  of  the  zone  above  described,  shall  not  be  included  within 
this  grant.  The  Republic  of  Panama  further  grants  to  the  United  States  in 
perpetuity  the  use,  occupation  and  control  of  any  other  lands  and  waters  outside 
of  the  zone  above  described  which  may  be  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  con- 
struction, maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the  said  Canal 
or  of  any  auxiliary  canals  or  other  works  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  con- 
struction, maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  said  enterprise. 
1  The  Republic  of  Panama  further  grants  in  like  manner  to  the  United  States  in 
v  §  perpetuity  all  islands  within  the  limits  of  the  zone  above  described  and  in  addl- 

(tion  thereto  the  group  of  small  islands  in  the  Bay  of  Panama,  named  Perico, 
Naos,  Culebra  and  Flamenco. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  all  the  rights,  power 
and  authority  within  the  zone  mentioned  and  described  in  Article  II  of  this 
agreement  and  within  the  limits  of  all  auxiliary  lands  and  waters  mentioned 
and  described  in  said  Article  II  which  the  United  States  would  possess  and 
exercise  if  it  were  the  sovereign  of  the  territory  within  which  said  lands  nnd 
waters  are  located  to  the  entire  exflusion  of  the  exercise  by  the  Republic  of 
Panama  of  any  such  sovereign  rights,  power  or  authority. 


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ARTICLE  IV. 

As  rights  subsidiary  to  the  above  grants  the  Republic  of  Panama  grants  in 
perpetuity  to  the  United  States  the  right  to  use  the  rivers,  streams,  lakes  and 
other  bodies  of  water  within  its  limits  for  navigation,  the  supply  of  water  or 
water-power  or  other  purposes,  so  far  as  the  use  of  said  rivers,  streams,  lakes 
and  bodies  of  water  and  the  waters  thereof  may  be  necessary  and  convenient 
for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the 
said  Canal. 

ABTICLB  V. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  in  perpetuity  a  monopoly 
for  the  construction,  maintenance  and  operation  of  any  system  of  communica-  \  ^/ 
tion  by  means  of  canal  or  railroad  across  its  territory  between  the  Caribbean   i 
Sea  and  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  grants  herein  contained  shall  In  no  manner  invalidate  the  titles  or  rights! 
of  private  land  holders  or  owners  of  private  property  in  the  said  zone  or  in  ] 
or  to  any  of  the  lands  or  waters  granted  to  the  United  States  by  the  provisions 
of  any  Article  of  this  treaty,  nor  shall  they  interfere  with  the  rights  of  way  j  ' 
over  the  public  roads  passing  through  the  said  zone  or  over  any  of  the  said  ( 
lands  or  waters  unless  said  rights  of  way  or  private  rights  shall  conflict  with 
rights  herein  granted  to  the  United  States  in  which  case  the  rights  of  the  United 
States  shall  be  superior.    All  damages  caused  to  the  owners  of  private  lands  or 
private  property  of  any  kind  by  reason  of  the  grants  contained  in  this  treaty 
or  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the  United  States,  its  agents  or  employees,  or 
by  reason  of  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection 
of  the  said  Canal  or  of  the  works  of  sanitation  and  protection  herein  provided 
for. shall  be  appraised  and  settled  by  a  joint  Commission  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernments of  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  whose  decisions  as 
to  such  dnmages  shall  be  final  and  whose  awards  as  to  such  damages  shall  be 
paid  solely  by  the  United  States.     No  part  of  the  work  on  said  Canal  or  the 
Panama  Railroad  or  on  any  auxiliary  works  relating  thereto  and  authorized  by 
the  terms  of  this  treaty  shall  be  prevented,  delayed  or  impeded  by  or  pending 
such  proceedings  to  ascertain  such  damages.    The  appraisal  of  said  privatet 
lands  and  private  property  and  the  assessment  of  damages  to  them  shall  bel 
based  upon  their  value  before  the  date  of  this  convention. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  within  the  limits  of  the 
cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  and  their  adjacent  harbors  and  within  the  territory 
adjacent  thereto  the  nght  to  acquire  by  purchase  or  by  the  exercise  of  the  right 
of  eminent  domain,  any  lands,  buildings,  water  rights  or  other  properties  neces- 
sary and  convenient  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  and  protection 
of  the  Canal  and  of  any  works  of  sanitation,  such  as  the  collection  and'dfsposition 
of  sewage  and  the  distribution  ft  water  in  the  said  cities  «f  Panama  and  Cffltn, 
which,  in  the  discretion  of  the  United  States  may  be  necessary  and  conven- 
ient for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of 
the  snid  Canal  and  railroad.  All  such  works  of  sanitation,  collection  and  dis- 
position of  sewage  and  distribution  of  water  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon 
shall  be  made  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States,  and  the  Government  of  the 
United  States,  its  agents  or  nominees  shall  be  authorized  to  impose  and  collect 
water  rates  and  sewerage  rates  which  shall  be  sufficient  to  provide  for  the 
payment  of  interest  and  the  amortization  of  the  principal  of  the  cost  of  said 
works  within  a  period  of  fifty  years  and  upon  the  expiration  of  said  term  of 
fifty  years  the  system  of  sewers  and  water  works  shall  revert  to  and  become 
the  properties  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  respectively,  and  the  use  of  the 
water  shall  be  free  to  the  inhabitants  of  Panama  and  Colon,  except  to  the  extent 
that  water  rates  may  be  necessary  for  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  said 
system  of  sewers  and  water. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  agrees  that  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  shall 
comply  in  perpetuity  with  the  sanitary  ordinances  whether  of  a  preventive  or 
curative  character  prescribed  by  the  United  States  and  in  case  the  Govern- 
ment of  Panama  is  unable  or  fails  in  its  duty  to  enforce  this  compliance  by  the 


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cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  with  the  sanitary  ordinances  of  the  United  States 
the  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  the  right  and  authority 
to  enforce  the  same. 

The  same  right  and  authority  are  granted  to  the  United  States  for  the  main- 
tenance of  public  order  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  and  the  territories 
and  harbors  adjacent  thereto  in  case  the  Republic  of  Panama  should  not  be,  in 
the  judgment  of  the  United  States,  able  to  maintain  such  order. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  all  rights  which  it  now 
has  or  hereafter  may  acquire  to  the  property  of  the  New  Panama  Canal  Com- 
pany and  tiie  Panama  Railroad  Company  as  a  result  of  the  transfer  of  sover- 
eignty from  the  Republic  jf  Colombia  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  over  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama  and  authorizes  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company  to  sell  and 
transfer  to  the  United  States  its  rights,  privileges,  properties  and  concessions 
as  well  as  the  Panama  Railroad  and  all  the  shares  or  part  of  the  shares  of 
that  company;  but  the  public  lands  situated  outside  of  the  Zone  described 
in  Article  II  of  this  treaty  now  included  in  the  concessions  to  both  said  enter- 
prises and  not  required  in  the  construction  or  operation  of  the  Canal  shall 
revert  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  except  any  property  now  owned  by  or  in  the 
possession  of  said  companies  within  Panama  or  Colon  or  the  ports  or  terminals 
thereof. 

ABTICLE  IX. 

The  United  States  agrees  that  the  ports  at  either  entrance  of  the  Canal  and 
the  waters  thereof,  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  agrees  that  the  towns  of 
Panama  and  Colon  shall  be  free  for  all  time  so  that  there  shall  not  be  imposed 
or  collected  custom  house  tolls,  tonnage,  anchorage,  light-house,  wharf,  pilot, 
or  quarantine  dues  or  any  other  charges  or  taxes  of  any  kind  upon  any  vessel 
using  or  passing  through  the  Canal  or  belonging  to  or  employed  by  the  United 
States,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  connection  with  the  construction,  maintenance, 
operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the  main  Canal,  or  auxiliary  works,  or 
upon  the  cargo,  officers,  crew  CT  passengers  of  any  such  vessels,  except  such 
tolls  and  charges  as  may  be  imposed  by  the  United  States  for  the  use  of  the 
Canal  and  other  works,  and  except  tolls  and  charges  imposed  by  the  Republic 
of  Panama  upon  merchandise  destined  to  be  introduced  for  the  consumption 
of  the  rest  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  and  upon  vessels  touching  at  the  ports 
of  Colon  and  Panama  and  which  do  not  cross  the  Canal. 

The  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  have  the  right  to  establish 
in  such  ports  and  in  the  towns  of  Panama  and  Colon  such  houses  and  guards 
as  it  may  deem  necessary  to  collect  duties  on  importations  destined  to  other 
portions  of  Panama  and  to  prevent  contraband  trade.  The  United  States  shall 
have  the  right  to  make  use  of  the  towns  and  harbors  of  Panama  and  Colon  as 
places  of  anchorage,  and  for  making  repairs,  for  loading,  unloading,  depositing, 
or  trans-shipping  cargoes  either  in  transit  or  destined  for  the  service  of  the 
Canal  and  for  other  works  pertaining  to  the  Canal. 

ARTICLE  X. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  agrees  that  there  shall  not  be  imposed  any  taxes, 
national,  municipal,  departmental,  or  of  any  other  class,  upon  the  Canal,  the 
railways  and  auxiliary  works,  tugs  and  other  vessels  employed  in  the  service 
of  the  Canal,  store  houses,  work  shops,  offices,  quarters  for  laborers,  factories 
of  all  kinds,  warehouses,  wharves,  machinery,  and  other  works,  property,  and 
effects  appertaining  to  the  Canal  or  railroad  and  auxiliary  works,  or  their 
officers  or  employees,  situated  within  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  and  that 
there  shall  not  be  imposed  contributions  or  charges  of  a  personal  character  of 
any  kind  upon  officers,  employees,  laborers,  and  other  individuals  in  the  service 
of  the  Canal  and  railroad  and  auxiliary  works. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

The  United  States  agrees  that  the  official  dispatches  of  the  Government  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  shall  be  transmitted  over  any  telegraph  and  telephone  lines 
established  for  Canal  purposes  and  used  for  public  and  private  business  at  rates 
not  higher  than  those  required  from  officials  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 


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ARTICLE  XII. 

The  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  permit  the  immigration  and 
free  access  to  the  lands  and  workshops  of  the  Canal  and  its  auxiliary  works  of 
all  employees  and  workmen  of  whatever  nationality  under  contract  to  work  upon 
or  seeking  employment  upon  or  in  any  wise  connected  with  the  said  Canal  and 
its  auxiliary  works,  with  their  respective  families,  and  all  such  persons  shall  be 
free  and  exempt  from  the  military  service  of  the  Republic  of  Panama. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  United  States  may  import  at  any  time  into  the  said  zone  and  auxiliary  5 
lands,  free  of  customs  duties,  imposts,  taxes,  or  other  charges,  and  without  any  / 
restrictions,  any  and  all  vessels,  dredges,  engines,  cars,  machinery,  tools,  ex-1 
plosives,  materials,  supplies,  and  other  articles  necessary  and  convenient  in  the/ 
construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the  Canal  and 
auxiliary   works,   and  all  provisions,   medicines,   clothing,   supplies   and  other 
things   necessary   and   convenient   for   the   officers,   employees,    workmen   and 
laborers  in  the  service  and  employ  of  the  United  States  and  for  their  families. 
If  any  such  articles  are  disposed  of  for  use  outside  of  .the  zone  and  auxiliary  lands 
granted  to  the  United  States  and  within  the  territory  of  the  Republic,  they  shall 
be  subject  to  the  same  import  or  other  duties  as  like  articles  imported  under 
the  laws  of  the  Republic  of  Panama. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

As  the  price  or  compensation  for  the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  granted  in 
this  convention  by  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  the  United  States,  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  agrees  to  pay  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  the  sum  of 
ten  million  dollars  ($10,000,000)  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  on  the  ex- 
change of  the  ratification  of  this  convention  and  also  an  annual  payment  during 
the  life  of  this  convention  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000) 
in  like  gold  coin,  beginning  nine  years  after  the  date  aforesaid. 

The  provisions  of  this  Article  shall  be  in  addition  to  all  other  benefits  assured 
to  the  Republic  of  Panama  under  this  convention. 

But  no  delay  or  difference  of  opinion  under  this  Article  or  any  other  pro- 
visions of  this  treaty  shall  affect  or  interrupt  the  full  operation  and  effect  of 
this  convention  in  all  other  respects. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

,The  joint  commission  referred  to  in  Article  VI  shall  be  established  as  follows : 
The  President  of  the  United  States  shall  nominate  two  persons  and  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  nominate  two  persons  and  they  shall  pro- 
ceed to  a  decision ;  but  in  case  of  disagreement  of  the  Commission  (by  reason  of 
their  being  equally  divided  in  conclusion)  an  umpire  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
two  Governments  who  shall  render  the  decision.  In  the  event  of  the  death, 
absence,  or  incapacity  of  a  Commissioner  or  Umpire,  or  of  his  omitting,  declining 
or  ceasing  to  act,  his  place  shall  be  filled  by  the  appointment  of  another  person 
in  the  manner  above  indicated.  All  decisions  by  a  majority  of  the  Commission 
or  by  the  umpire  shall  be  final. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

The  two  Governments  shall  make  adequate  provision  by  future  agreement  for 
the  pursuit,  capture,  imprisonment,  detention  and  delivery  within  said  zone  and 
auxiliary  lands  to  the  authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  of  persons  charged 
with  the  commitment  of  crimes,  felonies  or  misdemeanors  without  said  zone 
and  for  the  pursuit,  capture,  imprisonment,  detention  and  delivery  without  said 
zone  to  the  authorities  of  the  United  States  of  persons  charged  with  the  commit- 
ment of  crimes,  felonies  and  misdemeanors  within  said  zone  and  auxiliary  lands. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to  the  United  States  the  use  of  all  the  ports 
of  the  Republic  open  to  commerce  as  places  of  refuge  for  any  vessels  employed 
in  the  Canal  enterprise,  and  for  all  vessels  passing  or  bound  to  pass  through 

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the  Canal  which  may  be  in  distress  and  be  driven  to  seek  refuge  in  said  ports. 
Such  vessels  shall  be  exempt  from  anchorage  and  tonnage  dues  on  the  part  of 
the  Republic  of  Panama. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

The  Canal,  when  constructed,  and  the  entrances  thereto  shall  be  neutral  in 
perpetuity,  and  shall  be  opened  upon  the  terms  provided  for  by  Section  I  of 
Article  three  of,  and  in  conformity  with  all  the  stipulations  of,  the  treaty  eu- 
tered  into  by  the  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  on 
November  18,  1901. 

AETICLE  XIX. 

The  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  have  the  right  to  transport 
over  the  Canal  its  vessels  and  its  troops  and  munitions  of  war  in  such  vessels  at 
all  times  without  paying  charges  of  any  kind.  The  exemption  is  to  be  extended 
to  the  auxiliary  railway  for  the  transportation  of  persons  in  the  service  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  or  of  the  police  force  charged  with  the  preservation  of 
public  order  outside  of  said  zone,  as  well  as  to  their  baggage,  munitions  of  war 
and  supplies. 

AETICLE  XX. 

If  by  virtue  of  any  existing  treaty  in  relation  to  the  territory  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  whereof  the  obligations  shall  descend  or  be  assumed  by  the  Republic 
of  Panama,  there  may  be  any  privilege  or  concession  in  favor  of  the  Government 
or  the  citizens  or  subjects  of  a  third  power  relative  to  an  interoceanic  means  of 
communication  which  in  any  of  its  terms  may  be  incompatible  with  the  terms  of 
the  present  convention,  the  Republic  of  Panama  agrees  to  cancel  or  modify  such 
treaty  in  due  form,  for  which  purpose  it  shall  give  to  the  said  third  power  the 
requisite  notification  within  the  term  of  four  months  from  the  date  of  the  pres- 
ent convention,  and  in  case  the  existing  treaty  contains  no  clause  permitting  its 
modifications  or  annulment,  the  Republic  of  Panama  agrees  to  procure  its  modi- 
fication or  annulment  in  such  form  that  there  shall  not  exist  any  conflict  with 
the  stipulations  of  the  present  convention. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 
i 

The  rights  and  privileges  granted  by  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  the  United 
States  in  the  preceding  Articles  are  understood  to  be  free  of  all  anterior  debts, 
liens,  trusts,  or  liabilities,  or  concessions  or  privileges  to  other  Governments, 
corporations,  syndicates  or  individuals,  and  consequently,  if  there  should  arise 
any  claims  on  account  of  the  present  concessions  and  privileges  or  otherwise,  the 
claimants  shall  resort  to  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  not  to 
the  United  States  for  any  indemnity  or  compromise  which  may  be  required. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 

The  Republic  of  Panama  renounces  and  grants  to  the  United  States  the  par- 
ticipation to  which  it  might  be  entitled  in  the  future  earnings  of  the  Canal 
under  Article  XV  of  the  concessionary  contract  with  Lucien  N.  B.  Wyse  now 
owned  by  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company  and  any  and  all  other  rights  or 
claims  of  a  pecuniary  nature  arising  under  or  relating  to  said  concession,  or 
arising  under  or  relating  to  the  concessions  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Com- 
pany or  any  extension  or  modification  thereof;  and  it  likewise  renounces,  con- 
firms and  grants  to  the  United  States,  now  and  hereafter,  all  the  rights  and 
property  reserved  in  the  said  concessions  which  otherwise  would  belong  to 
Panama  at  or  before  the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  ninety-nine  years  of  the  con- 
cessions granted  to  or  held  by  the  above  mentioned  party  and  companies,  and 
all  right,  title  and  interest  which  it  now  has  or  may  hereafter  have,  in  and  to 
the  lands,  canal,  works,  property  and  rights  held  by  the  said  companies  under 
said  concessions  or  otherwise,  and  acquired  or  to  be  acquired  by  the  United 
States  from  or  through  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company,  including  any  prop- 
erty and  rights  which  might  or  may  in  the  future  either  by  lapse  of  time,  for- 
feiture or  otherwise,  revert,  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  under  any  contracts  or 
concessions,  with  said  Wyse,  the  Universal  Panama  Canal  Company,  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  and  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company. 


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The  aforesaid  rights  and  property  shall  be  and  are  free  and  released  from  any 
present  or  reversionary  interest  or  claims  of  Panama  and  the  title  of  the  United 
Stales  thereto  upon  consummation  of  the  contemplated  purchase  by  the  United 
States  from  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company,  shall  be  absolute,  so  far  as  con- 
cerns the  Republic  of  Panama,  excepting  always  the  rights  of  the  Republic 
specifically  secured  under  this  treaty. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

If  it  should  become  necessary  at  any  time  to  employ  armed  forces  for  the    j 
snfoty  or  protection  of  the  Canal,  or  of  the  ships  that  make  use  of  the  same,  or    ! 
the  railways  and  auxiliary  works,  the  United  States  shall  have  the  right,  at  all 
times  and  in  its  discretion,  to  use  its  police  and  its  land  and  naval  forces  or  to    I 
establish  fortifications  for  these  purposes. 

^°  ARTICLE  XXIV. 

N*  change  either  in  the  Government  or  in  the  laws  and  treaties  of  the  Re- 
public of  Panama  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  United  States,  affect  any 
right  of  the  United  States  under  the  present  convention,  or  under  any  treaty 
stipulation  between  the  two  countries  that  now  exists  or  may  hereafter  exist 
touching  the  subject  matter  of  this  convention. 

If  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  hereafter  enter  as  a  constituent  into  any 
other  Government  or  into  any  union  or  confederation  of  states,  so  as  to  merge 
her  sovereignty  or  independence  in  such  Government,  union  or  confederation, 
the  rights  of  the  United  States  under  this  convention  shall  not  be  in  any  respect 
lessened  or  impaired. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

For  the  better  performance  of  the  engagements  of  this  convention  and  to  the 
end  of  the  efficient  protection  of  the  Canal  and  the  preservation  of  its  neutrality, 
the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  will  sell  or  lease  to  the  United 
States  lands  adequate  and  necessary  for  naval  or  coaling  stations  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  on  the  \vestern  Caribbean  Coast  of  the  Republic  at  certain  points  to 
be  agreed  upon  with  the  President  of  the  United  States. 

ARTICLE  XXVI. 

This  convention  when  signed  by  the  Plenipotentiaries  of  the  Contracting 
Parties  shall  be  ratified  by  the  respective  Governments  and  the  ratifications 
shall  be  exchanged  at  Washington  at  the  earliest  date  possible. 

In  faith  whereof  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  have  signed  the  present  con- 
vention in  duplicate  and  have  hereunto  affixed  their  respective  seals. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington  the  18th  day  of  November  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  nineteen  hundred  and  three. 

JOHN  HAY  [SEAL] 

P.'  BUNAU  VARILLA     [SEAL] 

And  whereas  the  said  Convention  has  been  duly  ratified  on  both  parts,  and 
the  ratifications  of  the  two  governments  were  exchanged  in  the  City  of  Wash- 
ington, on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  February,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
four; 

Now,  therefore,  be  it  known  that  I,  Theodore  Roosevelt,  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  have  caused  the  said  Convention  to  be  made  public, 
to  the  end  that  the  same  and  every  article  and  clause  thereof,  may  be  observed 
and  fulfilled  with  good  faith  by  the  United  States  and  the  citizens  thereof. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  of  America  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington,  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  February,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  four,  and  of  the  Independence 
of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  twenty-eighth. 

[SEAL.]  THEODORE  ROOSEVELT. 

By  the  President : 
JOHN  HAY, 

Secretary  of  State. 


20       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Protocol  of  an  agreement  between  the  United  States  and  Panama  regarding  neutrality, 
signed  at  Washington,  October  10,  1914. 

Protocol  of  an  agreement  concluded  between  Honorable  Robert  Lansing,  Act- 
ing Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States,  and  Don  Eusebio  A.  Morales, 
Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  Republic  of  Panama, 
signed  the  tenth  day  of  October,  1914. 

The  undersigned,  the  Acting  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States  of 
America  and  the  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  in  view  of  the  close  association  of  the  interests  of  their 
respective  Governments  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  to  the  end  that  these 
interests  may  be  conserved  and  that,  when  a  state  of  war  exists,  the  neutral 
obligations  of  both  Governments  as  neutrals  may  be  maintained,  after  having 
conferred  on  the  subject  and  being  duly  empowered  by  their  respective  Gov- 
ernments, have  agreed : 

That  hospitality  extended  in  the  waters  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  a 
belligerent  vessel  of  war  or  a  vessel  belligerent  or  neutral,  whether  armed  or 
not,  which  is  employed  by  a  belligerent  power  as  a  transport  or  fleet  auxiliary 
or  in  any  other  way  for  the  direct  purpose  of  prosecuting  or  aiding  hostilities, 
whether  by  land  or  sea,  shall  serve  to  deprive  such  vessel  of  like  hospitality  in 
the  Panama  Canal  Zone  for  a  period  of  three  months,  and  vice  versa. 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  undersigned  have  signed  and  sealed  the  present 
Protocol  in  the  city  of  Washington  this  tenth  day  of  October,  1914. 

ROBEET  LANSING  [L.  s.] 

EUSEBIO  A.  MORALES     [L.  s.] 

Convention  between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  defining  the  boundary  line 
of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone.  Signed  at  Panama,  September  2,  1914;  ratifica- 
tion advised  by  the  Senate,  October  22,  1914 ;  ratified  by  the  President,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1915 ;  ratified  by  Panama,  February  8,  1915 ;  ratifications  exchanged  at 
Panama,  February  11,  1915 ;  proclaimed,  February  18,  1915. 

BY  THE  PRESIDENT  or  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 
A  PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas  a  Convention  between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  Repub- 
lic of  Panama  defining  the  boundary  line  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  was  con- 
cluded and  signed  by  their  respective  Plenipotentiaries  at  the  City  of  Panama 
on  the  second  day  of  September,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fourteen,  the 
original  of  which  Convention,  being  in  the  English  and  Spanish  languages,  is 
word  for  word  as  follows : 

BOUNDARY  CONVENTION. 

Whereas,  Gen.  George  W.  Davis,  then  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  on  be- 
half of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  Messrs.  Tom&s  Arias  and  Ram6n 
Valdes  L6pez,  then  Secretary  of  Foreign  Affairs  and  Attorney  General,  re- 
spectively, of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  acting  on  behalf  of  that  Republic,  en- 
tered into  an  agreement  on  the  15th  day  of  June,  1904,  by  the  terms  of  which 
the  Republic  of  Panama  delivered  over  to  the  United  States  of  America,  the 
use,  occupation,  and  control  in  perpetuity  of  the  zone  of  land  ten  miles  in 
width  described  and  mentioned  in  articles  II  and  III  of  the  Canal  Treaty  be- 
tween the  United  States  of  America  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  dated  No- 
vember 18,  1903,  and  the  boundary  lines  of  said  zone,  as  well  as  those  of  the 
cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  and  their  adjacent  harbors,  were  subsequently 
located  upon  the  ground  and  monumented : 

And,  whereas,  the  President  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  by  decree  number  46 
of  May  17,  1912,  delivered  over  to  the  United  States  the  use,  occupation,  and 
control  of  the  areas  of  land  to  be  covered  by  the  waters  of  LaKe  Gatun  and  all 
that  part  of  the  shores  of  the  lake  up  to  an  elevation  of  one  hundred  feet  above 
sea  level,  in  conformity  with  articles  II  and  III  of  said  Canal  Treaty : 

And  whereas,  since  the  promulgation  of  said  decree  of  May  17,  1912,  the 
United  States,  in  conformity  with  the  said  articles  of  said  Treaty,  have  taken 
over  the  use,  occupation,  and  control  of  the  islands  in  said  Lake  Gatun  and  the 
peninsulas  bordering  on  said  lake  to  which  there  is  no  access  except  from  said 
lake  or  from  lands  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone ; 


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Now,  therefore,  the  Government  of  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of 
Panama  being  desirous  to  establish  permanently  the  boundary  lines  of  the 
above-mentioned  lands  and  waters  so  taken  over  by  the  United  States,  to  that 
end  have  resolved  to  enter  into  the  following  agreement,  for  which  purpose  the 
President  of  the  United  States  of  America  has  commissioned  His  Excellency 
William  Jennings  Price,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of 
the  United  States  to  the  Government  of  Panama,  and  the  President  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  has  commissioned  His  Excellency  Ernesto  T.  Lefevre,  Sec- 
retary of  State  in  the  office  of  Foreign  Affairs  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  who, 
having  exchanged  their  respective  full  powers,  have  entered  into  the  following 
boundary  convention : 

I. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  boundary  lines  of  the  zone  of  land  of  ten  miles  in 
width  described  in  article  II  of  the  said  Canal  Treaty  shall  remain  as  defined 
and  established  by  the  agreement  of  June  the  15th,  1904,  above  mentioned, 
and  subsequently  located  on  the  ground  and  monumented  as  shown  by  exhibit 
"A"  accompanying  this  Convention,  with  the  modifications  hereinafter  set  out 
in  respect  to  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  and  their  adjacent  harbors. 

II. 

In  conformity  with  articles  II  and  III  of  said  Treaty  the  rights  of  the  United 
States  to  the  use,  occupation,  and  control  of  the  areas  to  be  covered  by  the 
waters  of  Gatun  Lake  and  all  that  part  of  the  shores  of  the  lake  up  to  an 
elevation  of  one  hundred  feet  above  mean  sea  level,  and  the  islands  in  said 
lake,  is  hereby  recognized,  and  in  like  manner  the  right  of  the  United  States  to 
the  use,  occupation,  and  control  of  the  peninsulas  bordering  on  said  lake  to 
-which  there  is  no  access  except  over  lands  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  from  the 
waters  of  Gatun  Lake,  is  hereby  recognized. 

The  one  hundred  feet  contour  line  above  referred  to,  as  well  as  the  peninsulas 
above  mentioned,  shall  be  conveniently  monumented  and  marked  upon  the 
ground  by  the  United  States,  with  the  intervention  of  a  representative  or 
representatives  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  designated  for  that  purpose,  and 
sketched  upon  a  special  map. 

III. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  permanent  boundary  line  between  the  City  of  Panama 
and  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a  concrete  monument  located  above  high  water  mark  on  the 
shore  of  Panama  Bay,  south  of  the  Balboa  Road  on  the  slope  of  the  headland 
called  "  Punta  Mala,"  and  north  thirty-two  degrees  and  thirty  minutes  west 
(N.  32°  30'  W.)  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  meters  from  about  the  center 
of  an  island  called  "  Gavilan." 

From  the  above  concrete  monument  (marked  "A"  on  the  map)  the  boundary 
line  runs  north  twenty  degrees  and  two  minutes  east  (N.  20°  2'  E.)  six  hundred 
and  thirty-three  and  seven-tenths  (633.7)  meters  to  a  concrete  monument 
(marked  "B"  on  the  map)  located  at  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of 
the  Zone  Boundary  road,  and  the  northerly  line  of  the  road  leading  from  Panama 
to  Balboa ;  thence  north  thirty-six  degrees  and  forty-two  minutes  east  (N.  36° 
42'  E.)  nine  hundred  and  sixty-six  and  eighty-five  hundredths  (966.85)  meters 
to  a  concrete  monument  (marked  "C"  on  the  map)  on  the  northerly  side  of 
the  road  leading  to  Ancon  Hospital  grounds;  thence  north  three  degrees  and 
nineteen  minutes  east  (N.  3°  19'  E.)  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  and  forty- 
six  one-hundredths  (148.46)  meters  to  an  iron  rail  property  monument;  thence 
north  eight  degrees  and  fourteen  minutes,  and  forty  seconds  west  (N.  8°  14' 
40"  W.)  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  and  thirty-three  one-hundredths  meters 
(151.33)  tOQa  point;  thence  north  thirty -seven  degrees  and  forty-five  minutes 
east  (N.  37°  45'  E.)  fourteen  and  thirty-three  one-hundredths  meters  to  a  point 
in  the  road  on  the  present  boundary  line;  thence  along  said  present  boundary 
north  no  degree  and  forty-seven  minutes  west  (N.  0°  47'  W.)  sixty-six  and 
forty -four  one-hundredths  meters  (66.44)  to  a  point;  thence  north  seventy-six 
degrees  and  fifty-nine  minutes  east  (N.  76°  59'  E.)  forty-two  and  forty-five 
one-hundredths  (42.45)  meters  to  a  point;  thence  south  seventy -two  degrees 
and  eleven  minutes  east  (S.  72°  11'  E.)  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine  and  twenty- 
seven  one  hundredths  (159.27)  meters  to  a  point  near  Calidonia  Bridge;  thence 


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north  three  degrees  and  eight  minutes  east  (N.  3°  8'  E.)  crossing  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company's  tracks,  seventy-seven  and  three-tenths  (77.3)  meters  to  a 
point  twelve  and  two-tenths  (12.2)  meters  from  the  center  line  of  the  main 
track  of  the  said  Panama  Railroad;  thence  parallel  to  the  said  railroad  in  a 
north-westerly  direction,  two  hundred  and  ninety  and  five-tenths  (290.5)  meters 
to  a  point  on  the  present  boundary  line;  thence  north  forty -nine  degrees, 
thirteen  minutes  and  ten  seconds  west  (N.  49°  13'  10"  W.)  and  one  hundred 
and  sixty-five  and  thirty-seven  one-hundred ths  (165.37)  meters  to  an  iron  rail 
monument,  twelve  and  three-tenths  meters  from  the  center  of  the  main  line 
track  of  the  Panama  Railroad;  thence  north  forty -six  degrees,  thirty-nine 
minutes  and  thirty  seconds  west  (N.  46°  39'  30"  W.)  two  hundred  and  twenty 
and  four  one-hundredths  (220.04)  meters  to -a  Panama  Railroad  Boundary 
monument  twenty-two  and  one-tenth  (22.1)  meters  from  tha  center  line  of 
Panama  Railroad  main  line  track;  thence  north  forty-nine  degrees  and  four- 
teen minutes  west  (N.  49°  14'  W.)  and  parallel  with  the  Panama  Railroad 
track  two  hundred  and  ninety  and  thirty-six  one-hundredths  (290.36)  meters 
to  Rio  Curundu ;  thence  following  the  course  of  Rio  Curundu  upstream  to  a 
point  (marked  "  E  "  on  the  map)  where  the  said  Rio  Curundu  is  intersected 
by  a  straight  line  drawn  through  the  point  of  intersection  on  the  canal  axis 
(marked  "  Cocoli  "  on  the  map)  perpendicular  to  that  part  of  the  Canal  axis 
of  A.  D.  1906  wrhich  extends  in  a  straight  line  southeasterly  from  the  said 
point  marked  "Cocoli"  to  the  point  of  intersection  (marked  "Bay"  on  the 
map)  the  former  point  of  intersection  being  situated  between  Miraflbres  and 
Corozal,  and  the  latter  point  in  Ancon  Harbor ;  thence  from  "  E  "  north  sixty- 
three  degrees  and  thirty  minutes  east  (N.  63°  30'  E.)  two  thousand  and  eight 
and  six-tenths  (2,008.6)  meters  to  a  concrete  monument  (marked  "F"  on  the 
map)  on  the  present  boundary  between  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  Republic  of 
Panama;  thence  along  this  boundary  south  twenty-six  degrees  and  thirty-four 
minutes  east  (S.  26°  34'  E.)  about  four  thousand  seven  hundred  and  forty- 
four  and  five-tenths  (4,744.5)  meters  to  monument  No.  99  and  thence  con- 
tinuing on  this  line  to  the  shore  of  Panama  Bay  at  low  water  mark ;  thence 
following  the  mean  low  water  line  around  the  shore  of  Panama  Bay  to  a  point 
on  the  boundary  line  between  Panama  Harbor  and  Ancon  Harbor ;  thence 
north  seventy-two  degrees,  fourteen  minutes  west  (N.  72°  14'  W.)  to  a  monu- 
ment "A,"  the  point  of  beginning,  except  that  the  entire  area  of  the  middle 
island  on  the  map  called  Las  Tres  Hermanas  shall  be  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  United  States  of  America. 

Points  "A,"  "  B  "  and  "  C,"  above  referred  to,  are  the  same  points  mentioned 
in  the  original  agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama 
and  the  Canal  Zone  Government,  dated  June  15,  1904. 

All  bearings  in  this  description  and  on  the  map  mentioned  above  are  referred 
to  true  meridian  and  all  coordinates  are  in  accordance  with  the  Panama-Colon 
Datum. 

The  Government  of  Panama  agrees  that  the  portion  of  the  roadway  now  ex- 
isting between  the  Ancon  Post  Office  and  the  Tivoli  Dispensary  and  connecting 
the  Tivoli  Road  with  the  roads  leading  to  Balboa  and  the  Ancon  Hospital 
grounds,  which  will  fall  within  Panaman  jurisdiction  as  a  result  of  the  bound- 
ary lines  established  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  description,  will  be  kept 
open  and  of  the  same  grade  as  same  now  is  and  will  be  maintained  in  good 
serviceable  condition  by  the  said  Government  of  Panama  so  that  it  will  afford 
a  free,  uninterrupted  and  unobstructed  permanent  public  thoroughfare,  unless 
in  the  future  provided  otherwise  by  the  mutual  agreement  of  the  chief  executive 
authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  the  Panama  Canal. 

IV. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  harbor  of  the  City  of  Panama  shall  include  the  maritime 
waters  in  front  of  the  City  of  Panama  lying  to  the  north  and  east  of  a  line  be- 
ginning at  a  concrete  monument  set  on  "  Punta  Mala  "  marked  "A"  on  the  map 
already  referred  to  in  this  Convention,  and  running  south  seventy-two  degrees 
and  fourteen  minutes  east  (S.  72°  14'  E.)  through  the  middle  island  of  the  three 
islands  known  as  "  Las  Tres  Hermanas,"  but  excluding  the  said  middle  island, 
and  extending  three  marine  miles  from  mean  low  water  mark  at  Punta  Mala ; 
and  that  the  harbor  of  Ancon  shall  include  the  waters  lying  south  and  west  of 
said  line,  but  including  the  sakl  middle  island  which  shall  be  deemed  to  be 


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within  the  harbor  of  Ancon.  The  said  middle  island  hereby  included  within 
the  harbor  of  Ancon  is  situated  about  south  twelve  degrees,  thirty  minutes  west 
(S.  12°  30'  W.)  eight  hundred  and  fifty-six  (856)  meters  from  the  point  of  Las 
Bovedas  and  lies  in  latitude  north  eight  degrees,  fifty-six  minutes  (N.  8°  56') 
plus  one  thousand  and  fifty-eight  and  eighty-eight  hundredths  (1,058.88)  meters 
and  longitude  west  seventy-nine  degrees,  thirty-two  minutes  (W.  79°  32')  plus 
three  hundred  forty-two  and  six-tenths  (342.6)  meters,  the  datum  of  said  lati- 
tude and  longitude  being  what  is  generally  known  as  the  Panama-Colon  Datum. 
All  bearings  are  referred  to  true  meridian. 

The  foregoing  description  of  the  City  of  Panama  and  Panama  Harbor  con- 
form to  the  accompanying  blue  print  marked  exhibit  "  B." 

V. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  permanent  boundary  line  between  the  City  of  Colon  and 
the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  as  follows : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  western  shore  of  Boca  Chica  (sometimes  called 
Folks  River)  marked  "A"  on  the  map,  and  fifty  (50)  meters  to  the  eastward  of 
the  center  line  of  the  main  line  of  track  of  the  Panama  Railroad ;  thence  north- 
ward and  northwestward,  always  parallel  with  said  railroad  track,  and  at  a 
uniform  distance  of  fifty  (50)  meters  from  the  center  line  thereof  to  the  center 
of  Bolivar  Street  (sometimes  called  "  C  "  street),  said  point  being  marked  "  B  " 
on  the  map;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line  of  said  Bolivar  Street,  to 
the  center  line  of  Eleventh  Street,  this  point  of  intersection  being  marked  "  C  " 
on  the  map ;  thence  westerly  along  the  center  line  of  Eleventh  Street,  a  distance 
of  one  hundred  sixty-two  and  fifty-three  hundredths  (162.53)  meters  to  a  cross 
on  the  sea  wall  along  Limon  Bay,  said  point  being  marked  "  D  "  on  the  map ; 
thence  north  seventy-eight  degrees,  thirty  minutes  and  thirty  seconds  west  (N. 
78°  30'  30"  W.)  to  the  shore  of  Limon  Bay  at  mean  low  water  mark;  thence 
following  the  mean  low  water  line  around  the  shore  in  a  northerly,  easterly, 
southerly,  and  westerly  direction  to  the  point  of  beginning,  except  that  at  the 
site  of  the  old  Colon  lighthouse  a  detour  is  made,  as  shown  on  the  map,  to  ex- 
clude an  area  of  land  to  be  used  as  the  site  for  a  United  States  battery,  which 
site  shall  be  deemed  to  be  within  the  Canal  Zone. 

The  site  for  a  United  States  battery  above  mentioned,  which  is  to  be  included 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the* Canal  Zone,  is  described  as  follows: 

The  initial  point  is  a  tack  in  a  stake  on  Colon  point,  situated  with  reference 
to  certain  prominent  points  as  follows:  South  forty-one  degrees,  six  minutes 
east  (S.  41°  6'  E.)  twenty -five  and  twenty -two  one-hundredths  (25.22)  feet  from 
the  southwest  interior  corner  of  the  upper  pavement  of  the  swimming  pool; 
south  eleven  degrees,  thirty-seven  minutes  west  (S.  11°  37'  W.)  one  hundred 
twenty-seven  and  sixty -eight  one-hundredths  (127.68)  feet  from  a  cross  mark 
on  a  bolt  set  in  a  concrete  base  thirteen  and  nine-tenths  (13.9)  feet  to  the  north- 
east of  the  center  of  the  northeastern  edge  of  the  swimming  pool ;  south  thirty- 
five  degrees,  eighteen  minutes  west  (S.  35°  18'  W.),  two  hundred  sixty-six  and 
seventy-five  one-hundredths  (266.75)  feet  from  the  northwestern  corner  of  the 
Hotel  Washington;  and  north  sixty -eight  degrees,  twenty-nine  minutes  west 
(N.  68°  29'  W.),  five  hundred  forty-three  and  ninety-five  one-hundredths  (543.95) 
feet  from  the  cross  mark  on  a  rail  set  ii.  a  concrete  base  at  a  point  where  the 
south  building  line  of  Second  Street  intersects  the  center  line  of  Bottle  Alley ; 
from  this  initial  point  south  forty-three  degrees,  no  minutes  west  (S.  43°  00' 
W.),  two  hundred  fifty-eight  and  five-tenths  (258.5)  feet  to  a  point;  thence 
north  forty-seven  degrees,  no  minutes  west  (N.  47°  00'  W.)  ninety  and  sixty- 
four  one-hundredths  (90.64)  feet  to  a  point ;  thence  by  a  jurve  to  the  right  with 
a  radius  of  fifty-six  and  eighty-six  one-hundredths  (56.86)  feet  and  a  central 
angle  of  forty-five  degrees,  no  minutes  (45.00'),  forty-four  and  sixty-six  one- 
hundredths  (44.66)  feet  to  a  point;  thence  by  a  curve  to  the  right  with  a  radius 
of  ninety-one  (91)  feet  and  a  central  angle  of  forty-five  degrees,  no  minutes 
(45°  00'),  seventy-one  and  forty-seven  one-hundredths  (71.47)  feet  to  a  point; 
thence  north  forty-three  degrees,  no  minutes  east  (N.  43°  00'  E.),  one  hundred 
seventy-seven  and  five-tenths  (177.5)  feet  to  a  point;  thence  south  forty-seven 
decrees,  no  minutes  east  (S.  47°  00'  E.),  one  hundred  fifty-seven  and  five-tenths 
(157.5)  feec  to  the  point  of  beginning,  containing  ninety-one  one-hundredths 
(0.91)  acres,  more  or  less.  All  bearings  are  referred  to  true  meridian  (Panama- 
Colon  Datum). 


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VI. 

The  harbor  of  Colon  shall  consist  of  those  maritime  waters  lying  to  the 
westward  of  the  City  of  Colon  and  bounded  as  follows : 

The  southerly  boundary  of  the  harbor  of  Colon  is  in  a  line  running  north 
seventy-eight  degrees,  thirty  minutes  and  thirty  seconds  west  (N.  78°  30'  30" 
W.),  which  begins  at  a  cross  cut  in  the  concrete  sea  wall  on  the  easterly  side 
of  Limon  Bay  and  on  the  center  line  of  Eleventh  Street,  Colon,  produced  west- 
erly. This  point  is  marked  "  D  "  on  the  map  designated  exhibit  "  C."  Begin- 
ning at  mean  low  water  mark  on  Limon  Bay  on  the  above  described  line  the 
boundary  runs  northwesterly  along  said  line  to  a  point  in  Limon  Bay  marked 
"E"  on  the  map,  and  located  three  hundred  and  thirty  (330)  meters  ea'st  of 
the  center  line  of  the  Panama  Canal ;  thence  turning  to  the  right  and  running 
in  a  northerly  direction  the  line  runs  parallel  with  the  above  mentioned  center 
line  and  at  a  distance  of  three  hundred  and  thirty  (330)  meters  easterly  there- 
from until  it  meets  an  imaginary  straight  line  drawn  through  the  lighthouse  on 
Toro  Point  having  a  bearing  of  south  seventy-eight  degrees  and  thirty  minutes 
and  thirty  seconds  east  (S.  78°  30'  30"  E.),  this  intersection  point  being 
marked  "  F  "  on  the  map ;  thence  turning  to  the  right  and  running  along  the 
above-mentioned  line  south  seventy-eight  degrees,  thirty  minutes  and  thirty 
seconds  east  (S.  78°  30'  30"  E.)  to  a  point  on  the  boundary  of  the  above- 
mentioned  site  for  the  United  States  battery;  thence  turning  to  the  right  and 
running  along  the  said  boundary,  line  of  said  site  to  the  mean  low  water  line  of 
Limon  Bay ;  thence  turning  to  the  right  and  running  along  said  water  line  in  a 
generally  southerly  direction  to  the  point  of  beginning  at  the  foot  of  Eleventh 
Street. 

All  bearings  in  this  description  and  on  the  plan  mentioned  above  aie  referred 
to  true  meridian  (Panama-Colon  Datum). 

The  foregoing  description  of  the  City  of  Colon  and  Colon  Harbor  conform  to 
the  accompanying  blue  print  marked  exhibit  "  C." 

VII. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  have  an  easement  over  and 
through  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  in  and  about  Limon  and  Manzanillo  bays 
to  the  end  that  vessels  trading  with  the  City  of- Colon  may  have  access  to  and 
exit  from  the  harbor  of  Colon,  subject  to  the  p'olice  laws  and  quarantine  and 
sanitary  rules  and  regulations  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  Canal  Zone  estab- 
lished for  said  waters. 

The  United  States  also  agrees  that  small  vessels  may  land  at  the  east  wall 
which  extends  along  the  shore  to  the  south  of  the  foot  of  Ninth  Street  and  re- 
cently constructed  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  in  the  harbor  of  Colon 
free  of  any  wharfage  or  landing  charges  that  might  otherwise  accrue  to  the 
said  company  under  the  terms  of  its  concessions  from  the  Government  of  Colom- 
bia ;  and  the  United  States  further  agrees  that  it  will  construct  and  maintain 
a  landing  pier  in  a  small  cove  on  the  southerly  side  of  Manzanillo  Island  in 
the  northwesterly  portion  of  the  arm  of  the  sea  known  as  Boca  Chica  (some- 
times called  Folks  River),  to  be  used  as  a  shelter  harbor  for  small  coasting 
boats  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  without  any  wharfage  or  other  landing 
charges. 

VIII. 

Inasmuch  as  the  highway  known  as  the  "  Sabanas  Road  "  will  come  entirely 
within  the  bounds  of  the  City  of  Panama  under  this  agreement  the  authorities 
of  the  Canal  Zone  are  hereby  relieved  of  the  duty  to  repair  and  maintain  such 
road,  or  any  part  of  it,  and  the  same  shall  be  done  henceforth  by  the  authorities 
of  the  Republic  at  their  cost  and  expense. 

IX. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  Republic  of  Panama  will  not  construct  nor  allow  the 
construction  of  any  railway  across  the  Sabanas  or  other  territory  hereby  trans- 
ferred to  that  Republic  without  a  mutually  satisfactory  agreement  having  been 
previously  arrived  at  between  the  two  governments ;  and  this  shall  be  without 
prejudice  to  any  right  the  United  States  may  have  to  object  to  such  railway 
projection  under  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  Canal  Treaty  of  November  18, 
1903. 


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The  contracting  parties  hereby  agree  that  this  Convention  shall  not  diminish, 
exhaust,  or  alter  any  rights  acquired  by  them  heretofore  in  conformity  with  the 
Canal  Treaty  of  Noveirfber  18,  1903;  and  it  is  further  expressly  agreed  that 
the  United  States,  in  the  exercise  of  the  rights  granted  to  it  under  articles  II 
and  III  of  the  said  Canal  Treaty  and  subject  to  article  VI  of  said  Treaty,  may 
enter  upon  and  use,  occupy,  and  control  the  whole  or  any  portion  of  the  Sabanas 
land,  or  other  territory  hereby  transferred  to  the  Republic  of  Panama,  as  the 
same  may  be  necessary,  or  convenient,  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  op- 
eration, sanitation,  or  protection  of  the  Canal  or  of  any  auxiliary  canals,  or 
other  works  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  op- 
eration, sanitation,  or  protection  of  said  enterprise. 

XI. 

This  agreement  shall  not  be  construed  to  modify  the  rights  of  the  authorities 
of  the  Canal  Zone  to  employ  citizens  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  residing  in  the 
territory  of  the  Republic  as  provided  in  section  V  of  the  above-mentioned  agree- 
ment of  June  15,  1904,  and  for  which  purpose  the  Government  of  the  Republic 
granted  the  permission  required  by  paragraph  2  of  article  7  of  the  Panamanian 
Constitution. 

XII. 

The  civil  and  criminal  cases  pending  in  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  the 
Republic  of  Panama  at  the  time  of  the  execution  of  this  Convention  shall  not 
be  affected  hereby  but  the  same  shall  be  proceeded  with  to  final  judgment  and 
disposed  of  in  the  courts  where  they  are  now  pending  as  though  this  agreement 
had  not  been  entered  into. 

XIII. 

The  exhibits  accompanying  .this  agreement  are  signed  by  the  representatives 
of  the  respective  governments  for  identification.  This  Convention,  when  signed 
by  the  plenipotentiaries  of  the  high  contracting  parties,  will  be  ratified  by  the 
two  governments  in  conformity  with  their  respective  constitutional  laws,  and 
the  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  Panama  at  the  earliest  date  possible. 

In  faith  whereof  the  respective  plenipotentiaries  have  signed  the  present  Con- 
vention in  duplicate  and  have  hereunto  affixed  their  respective  seals. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Panama,  the  second  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen. 

[SEAL.]  WILLIAM    JENNINGS    PRICE. 

[SEAL.]  E.  T.  LEFEVEE. 

And  whereas  the  said  Convention  has  been  duly  ratified  on  both  parts  and 
the  ratifications  of  the  said  Convention  were  exchanged  in  the  City  of  Panama 
on  the  eleventh  day  of  February,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifteen; 

Now,  therefore,  be  it  known  that  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  have  caused  the  said  Convention  to  be  made  public  to  the 
end  that  the  same  and  every  article  and  clause  thereof  may  be  observed  and 
fulfilled  with  good  faith  by  the  United  States  and  the  citizens  thereof. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of 
the  United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington  this  eighteenth  day  of  February  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  of  the  In- 
[SEAL.]     dependence  of  the  United  £tates  of  America  the  one  hundred  and 
thirty-ninth. 

WOODEOW  WILSON. 
By  the  President : 
W.  J.  BEY  AN 

Secretary  of  State. 


ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  THE  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An   Vet  To  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 

and  Pacific  Oceans. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  of  the  United  States  is 
hereby  authorized  to  acquire,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  at  a  cost 
not  exceeding  forty  millions  of  dollars,  the  rights,  privileges,  franchises,  con- 
cessions, grants  of  land,  right  of  way,  unfinished  work,  plants,  and  other  prop- 
erty, real,  personal,  and  mixed,  of  every  name  and  nature,  owned  by  the  New 
Panama  Canal  Company,  of  France,  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  all  its 
maps,  plans,  drawings,  records  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  in  Paris,  in- 
cluding all  the  capital  stock,  not  less,  however,  than  sixty-eight  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-three  shares  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  owned  by  or 
held  for  the  use  of  said  canal  company,  provided  a  satisfactory  title  to  all  of 
said  property  can  be  obtained. 

SEC.  2.  -That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  acquire  from  the  Republic 
of  Colombia,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  upon  such  terms  as  he 
may  deem  reasonable,  perpetual  control  of  a  strip  of  land,  the  territory  of  the 
Republic  of  Colombia,  not  less  than  six  miles  in  width,  extending  from  the 
Caribbean  Sea  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  the  right  to  use  and  dispose  of  the 
waters  thereon,  and  to  excavate,  construct,  and  to  perpetually  maintain,  operate, 
and  protect  thereon  a  canal,  of  such  depth  and  capacity  as  will  afford  convenient 
passage  of  ships  of  the  greatest  tonnage  and  draft  now  in  use,  from  the  Carib- 
bean Sea  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  which  control  shall  include  the  right  to  perpetu- 
ally maintain  and  operate  the  Panama  Railroad,  if  the  ownership  thereof,  or  a 
controlling  interest  therein,  shall  have  been  acquired  by  the  United  States,  and 
also  jurisdiction  over  said  strip  and  the  ports  at  the  ends  thereof  to  make  such 
police  and  sanitary  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  be  necessary  to  preserve  order 
and  preserve  the  public  health  thereon,  and  to  establish  such  judicial  tribunals 
as  may  be  agreed  upon  thereon  as  may  be  necessary  to  enforce  such  rules  and 
regulations. 

The  President  may  acquire  such  additional  territory  and  rights  from  Colombia 
as  in  his  judgment  will  facilitate  the  general  purpose  hereof. 

SEC.  3.  That  when  the  President  shall  have  arranged  to  secure  a  satisfactory 
title  to  the  property  of  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company,  as  provided  in  section 
one  hereof,  and  shall  have  obtained  by  treaty  control  of  the  necessary  territory 
from  the  Republic  of  Colombia,  as  provided  in  section  two  hereof,  he  is  au- 
thorized to  pay  for  the  property  of  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company  forty  mil- 
lions of  dollars  and  to  the  Republic  of  Colombia  such  sum  as  shall  have  been 
agreed  upon,  and  a  sum  sufficient  for  both  said  purposes  is  hereby  appropriated, 
out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  be  paid  on 
warrant  or  warrants  drawn  by  the  President. 

The  President  shall  theft  through  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  hereinafter 
authorized  cause  to  be  excavated,  constructed,  and  completed,  utilizing  to  that 
end  as  far  as  practicable  the  work  heretofore  done  by  the  New  Panama  Canal 
Company,  of  France,  and  its  predecessor  company,  a  ship  canal  from  the 
Caribbean  Sea  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Such  canal  shall  be  of  sufficient  capacity 
and  depth  as  shall  afford  convenient  passage  for  vessels  of  the  largest  tonnage 
and  greatest  draft  now  in  use,  and  such  as  may  be  reasonably  anticipated,  and 
shall  be  supplied  with  all  necessary  locks  and  other  appliances  to  meet  the 
necessities  of  vessels  passing  through  the  same  from  ocean  to  ocean;  and  he 
shall  also  cause  to  be  constructed  such  safe  and  commodious  harbors  at  the 
termini  of  said  canal,  and  make  such  provisions  for  defense  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  safety  and  protection  of  said  canal  and  harbors.  That  the  President  is 
authorized  for  the  purposes  aforesaid  to  employ  such  persons  as  he  may  deem 
necessary,  and  to  fix  their  compensation. 

SEC.  4.  That  should  the  President  be  unable  to  obtain  for  the  United  States  a 
satisfactory  title  to  the  property  of  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company  and  the 

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control  of  the  necessary  territory  of  the  Republic  of  Colombia  and  the  rights 
mentioned  in  sections  one  and  two  of  this  Act,  within  a  reasonable  time  and 
upon  reasonable  terms,  then  the  President,  having  first  obtained  for  the  United 
States  perpetual  control  by  treaty  of  the  necessary  territory  from  Costa  Rica 
and  Nicaragua,  upon  terms  which  he  may  consider  reasonable,  for  the  con- 
struction, perpetual  maintenance,  operation,  and  protection  of  a  canal  connect- 
ing the  Caribbean  Sea  with  the  Pacific  Ocean  by  what  is  commonly  known  as 
the  Nicaragua  route,  shall  through  the  said  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  cause 
to  be  excavated  and  constructed  a  ship  canal  and  waterway  from  a  point  on  the 
shore  of  the  Caribbean  Sea  near  Greytown,  by  way  of  Lake  Nicaragua,  to  a 
point  near  Brito  on  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Said  canal  shall  be  of  sufficient  capacity 
and  depth  to  afford  convenient  passage  for  vessels  of  the  largest  tonnage  and 
greatest  draft  now  in  use,  and  such  as  may  be  reasonably  anticipated,  and  shall 
be  supplied  with  all  necessary  locks  and  other  appliances  to  meet  the  necessities 
of  vessels  passing  through  the  same  from  ocean  to  ocean;  and  he  shall  also 
construct  such  safe  and  commodious  harbors  at  the  termini  of  said  canal  as 
shall  be  necessary  for  the  safe  and  convenient  use  thereof,  and  shall  make  such 
provisions  for  defense  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  safety  and  protection  of  said 
harbors  and  canal ;  and  such  sum  or  sums  of  mt>ney  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by 
such  treaty  as  compensation  to  be  paid  to  Nicaragua  and  Costa  Rica  for  the 
concessions  and  rights  hereunder  provided  to  be  acquired  by  the  United  States, 
are  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriated, to  be  paid  on  warrant  or  warrants  drawn  by  the  President. 

The  President  shall  cause  the  said  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  to  make  such 
surveys  as  may  be  necessary  for  said  canal  and  harbors  to  be  made,  and  in  mak- 
ing such  surveys  and  in  the  construction  of  said  canal  may  employ  such  persons 
as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  may  fix  their  compensation. 

In  the  excavation  and  construction  of  said  canal  the  San  Juan  River  and 
Lake  Nicaragua,  or  such  parts  of  each  as  may  be  made  available,  shall  be  used. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  sum  of  ten  million  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  toward  the  project  herein 
contemplated  by  either  route  so  selected. 

And  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  cause  to  be  entered  into  such  con- 
tract or  contracts  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  proper  excavation,  con- 
struction, completion,  and  defense  of  said  canal,  harbors,  and  defenses,  by  the 
route  finally  determined  upon  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  Appropriations 
therefor  shall  from  time  to  time  be  hereafter  made,  not  to  exceed  in  the  aggre- 
gate the  additional  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  millions  of  dollars  should 
the  Panama  route  be  adopted,  or  one  hundred  and  eighty  millions  of  dollars 
should  the  Nicaragua  route  be  adopted. 

SEC.  6.  That  in  any  agreement  with  the  Republic  of  Colombia,  or  with  the 
States  of  Nicaragua  and  Costa  Rica,  the  President  is  authorized  to  guarantee  to 
said  Republic  or  to  said  States  the  use  of  said  canal  and  harbors,  upon  such 
terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon,  for  all  vessels  owned  by  said  States  or  by  citizens 
thereof. 

SEC.  7.  That  to  enable  the  President  to  construct  the  canal  and  works  appur- 
tenant thereto  as  provided  in  this  Act,  there  is  hereby  created  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  the  same  to  be  composed  of  seven  members,  \vho  shall  be 
nominated  and  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Senate,  and  who  shall  serve  until  the  completion  of  said  canal  unless 
sooner  removed  by  the  President,  and  one  of  whom  shall  be  named  as  the  chair- 
man of  said  Commission.  Of  the  seven  members  of  said  Commission  at  least 
four  of  them  shall  be  persons  learned  and  skilled  in  the  science  of  engineering, 
and  of  the  four  at  least  one  shall  be  an  officer  of  the  United  States  Army,  and 
at  least  one  other  shall  be  an  officer  of  the  United  States  Navy,  the  said  officers 
respectively  being  either  upon  the  active  or  the  retired  list  of  the  Army  or  of 
the  Navy.  Said  commissioners  shall  each  receive  such  compensation  as  the 
President  shall  prescribe  until  the  same  shall  have  been  otherwise  fixed  by  the 
Congress.  In  addition  to  the  members  of  said  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the 
President  is  hereby  authorized  through  said  Commission  to  employ  in  said 
service  any  of  the  engineers  of  the  United  States  Army  at  his  discretion,  and 
likewise  to  employ  any  engineers  in  civil  life,  at  his  discretion,  and  any  other 
persons  necessary  for  the  proper  and  expeditious  prosecution  of  said  work.  The 
compensation  of  all  such  engineers  and  other  persons  employed  under  this  Act 
shall  be  fixed  by  said  Commission,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President. 
The  official  salary  of  any  officer  appointed  or  employed  under  this  Act  shall 
be  deducted  from  the  amount  of  salary  or  compensation  provided  by  or  which 


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shall  be  fixed  under  the  terms  of  this  Act.  Said  Commission  shall  in  all  mat- 
ters be  subject  to  the  direction  and  control  of  the  President,  and  shall  make  to 
the  President  annually  and  at  such  other  periods  as  may  be  required,  either  by 
law  or  by  the  order  of  the  President,  full  and  complete  reports  of  all  their 
actings  and  doings  and  of  all  moneys  received  and  expended  in  the  construction 
of  said  work  and  in  the  performance  of  their  duties  in  connection  therewith, 
which  said  reports  shall  be  by  the  President  transmitted  to  Congress.  And  the 
said  Commission  shall  furthermore  give  to  Congress,  or  either  House  of  Con- 
gress, such  information  as  may  at  any  time  be  required  either  by  Act  of  Con- 
gress or  by  the  order  of  either  House  of  Congress.  The  President  shall  cause 
to  be  provided  and  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Commission  such  offices  as  may, 
with  the  suitable  equipment  of  the  same,  be  necessary  and  proper,  in  his  discre- 
tion, for  the  proper  discharge  of  the  duties  thereof. 

SEC.  8.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized  to  borrow  on 
the  credit  of  the  United  States  from  time  to  time,  as  the  proceeds  may  be 
required  to  defray  expenditures  authorized  by  this  Act  (such  proceeds  when 
received  to  be  used  only  for  the  purpose  of  meeting  such  expenditures),  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  million  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 
necessary,  and  to  prepare  and  issue  therefor  coupon  or  registered  bonds  of  the 
United  States  in  such  form  as  he  may  prescribe,  and  in  denominations  of  twenty 
dollars  or  some  multiple  of  that  sum,  redeemable  in  gold  coin  at  the  pleasure 
of  the  United  States  after  ten  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue,  and  payable 
thirty  years  from  such  date,  and  bearing  interest  payable  quarterly  in  gold 
coin  at  the  rate  of  two  per  centum  per  annum ;  and  the  bonds  herein  authorized 
shall  be  exempt  from  all  taxes  or  duties  of  the  United  States,  as  well  as  from 
taxation  in  any  form  by  or  under  State,  municipal,  or  local  authority:  Pro- 
vided, That  said  bonds  may  be  disposed  of  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  at 
not  less  than  par,  under  such  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe,  giving  to  all 
citizens  of  the  United  States  an  equal  opportunity  to  subscribe  therefor,  but 
no  commissions  shall  be  allowed  or  paid  thereon ;  and  a  sum  not  exceeding  one- 
tenth  of  one  per  centum  of  the  amount  of  the  bonds  herein  authorized  is  hereby 
appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to 
pay  the  expense  of  preparing,  advertising,  and  issuing  the  same. 

Approved,  June  28,  1902.     [32  U.  S.  Stat,  481.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  five. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  five,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely: 


BELIEF  AND  PROTECTION  OF  AMERICAN   SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars. 


FOREIGN   HOSPITALS  AT  PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  .of  said  hospitals. 


Approved,  March  12,  1904.     [33  Stat.,  79.] 


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An  Act  Making  appropriation   for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  five,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  five: 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

For  additional  twenty  per  centum  increase  on  pay  of  enlisted  men  serving 
in  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  Island  of  Guam,  Alaska,  China,  and  Panama,  five 
hundred  and  thirty-three  thousand  four  hundred  and  twelve  dollars  and  fifty- 
one  cents. 

For  additional  ten  per  centum  increase  on  pay  of  commissioned  officers  serv- 
ing in  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  Island  of  Guam,  Alaska,  China,  and  Panama, 
one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and 
thirty  cents. 


Approved,  April  23,  1904.     [33  U.  S.  Stats.,  266.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  and  for  prior  years, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  objects 
hereinafter  stated,  namely: 


CLAIMS    ALLOWED    BY   THE    AUDITOR   FOB    THE    STATE    AND    OTHER    DEPARTMENTS. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

For  determining  the  most  practicable  route  for  canal  across  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama,  thirty-five  dollars. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  April  28,  1904.     [33  U.  S.  Stats.,  426.] 


An  Act  To  provide  for  the  temporary   government  of  the   Canal   Zone  at   Panama,   the 
protection  of  the  canal  works,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  is  hereby  author- 
ized, upon  the  acquisition  of  the  property  of  the  New  Panama  Canal  Company 
and  the  payment  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  of  the  ten  millions  of  dollars 
provided  by  article  fourteen  of  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  the  ratifications  of  which  were  exchanged  on  the  twenty- 
sixth  day  of  February,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  to  be  paid  to  the  latter  Gov- 
ernment, to  take  possession  of  and  occupy  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  the 
zone  of  land  and  land  under  water  of  the  width  of  ten  miles,  extending  to  the 
distance  of  five  miles  on  each  side  of  the  center  line  of  the  route  of  the  canal 
to  be  constructed  thereon,  which  said  zone  begins  in  the  Caribbean  Sea  three 
marine  miles  from  mean  low-water  mark  and  extends  to  and  across  the  Isthmus 


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of  Panama  into  the  Pacific  Ocean  to  the  distance  of  three  marine  miles  from 
mean  low-water  mark,  and  also  of  all  islands  within  said  zone,  and  in  addi- 
tion thereto  the  group  of  islands  in  the  Bay  of  Panama  named  Perico,  Naos, 
Culebra,  and  Flamenco,  and,  from  time  to  time,  of  any  lands  and  waters  out- 
side of  said  zone  which  may  be  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  construction, 
maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  the  said  canal,  or  of  any 
auxiliary  canals  or  other  works  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  construction, 
maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  said  enterprise,  the  use, 
occupation,  and  control  whereof  were  granted  to  the  United  States  by  article 
two  of  said  treaty.  The  said  zone  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  "  the  Canal 
Zone."  The  payment  of  the  ten  millions  of  dollars  provided  by  article  fourteen 
of  said  treaty  shall  be  made  in  lieu  of  the  indefinite  appropriation  made  in  the 
third  section  of  the  Act  of  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and 
is  hereby  appropriated  for  said  purpose. 

SEC.  2.  That  until  the  expiration  of  the  Fifty-eighth  Congress,  unless  pro- 
vision for  the  temporary  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  be  sooner  made  by 
Congress,  all  the  military,  civil,  and  judicial  powers  as  well  as  the  power  to 
make  all  rules  and  regulations  necessary  for  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone 
and  all  the  rights,  powers,  and  authority  granted  by  the  terms  of  said  treaty 
to  the  United  States  shall  be  vested  in  such  person  or  persons  and  shall  be 
exercised  in  such  manner  as  the  President  shall  direct  for  the  government  of 
said  Zone  and  maintaining  and  protecting  the  inhabitants  thereof  in  the  free 
enjoyment  of  their  liberty,  property,  and  religion. 

Approved,  April  28,  1904.     [33  U.  S.  Stats.,  429.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  expenses  of  the 
Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

******* 

Hereafter  the  accounts  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  be  audited 
by  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

******* 

Approved,  February  3,  1905.     [33  Stat,  647.] 


An  Act  Fixing  the  status  of  merchandise  coming  into  the  United  States  from  the  Canal 

Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  all  laws  affecting  imports  of 
articles,  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  and  entry  of  persons  into  the  United 
States  from  foreign  countries  shall  apply  to  articles,  goods,  wares,  and  mer- 
chandise and  persons  coming  from  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and 
seeking  entry  into  any  State  or  Territory  of  the  United  States  or  the  District 
of  Columbia. 

Approved,  March  2,  1905.     [33  U.  S.  Stats.,  843.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  five,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for 
other  puposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  five,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  objects  hereinafter 
stated,  namely : 


LEGISLATIVE. 

That  so  much  of  the  sum  appropriated  by  the  Act  approved  April  twenty- 
eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  Commission 
created  by  that  Act,  remaining  unexpended,  may  be  expended  by  said  Com- 


32        TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

mission  under  the  direction  of  the  chairman  of  said  Commission  for  the  further 
investigation  of  the  matters  for  which  said  Act  provided,  but  no  expenditure 
beyond  said  unexpended  balance  shall  be  made ;  and  the  Commission  is  hereby 
revived  and  continued  until  the  beginning  of  the  next  session  of  Congress. 
******* 

Approved,  March  3,  1905.     [33  U.  S.  Stats.,  1246.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal 
year   ending  June  thirtieth,   nineteen   hundred   and   six. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  six,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 


BELIEF   AND   PROTECTION    OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars. 


FOREIGN   HOSPITALS  AT  PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to 
the  privileges  of  said  hospitals. 

******* 

Approved,  March  3,  1905.     [33  Stat,  927,  928.] 


An  Act  Supplemental  to  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  a 
canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans,"  approved  June  twenty- 
eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  making  appropriation  for  Isthmian  Canal  con- 
struction, and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  two  per  cent  bonds  of  the  United 
States  authorized  by  section  eight  of  the  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide  for 
the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eight,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  shall  have  all 
the  rights  and  privileges  accorded  by  law  to  other  two  per  cent  bonds  of  the 
United  States,  and  every  national  banking  association  having  on  deposit,  as 
provided  by  law,  such  bonds  issued  under  the  provisions  of  said  section  eight 
of  said  Act  approved  June  twenty-eight,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  to  secure 
its  circulating  notes,  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  in  the 
months  of  January  and  July,  a  tax  of  one-fourth  of  one  per  cent  each  half  year 
upon  the  average  amount  of  such  of  its  notes  in  circulation  as  are  based  upon 
the  deposit  of  said  two  per  cent  bonds ;  and  such  tax  shall  be  in  lieu  of  existing 
taxes  on  its  notes  in  circulation  imposed  by  section  fifty-two  hundred  and  four- 
teen of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

SEC.  2.  That  there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  eleven  million  dollars  to  continue  the 
construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the 
President  in  accordance  with  the  said  Act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  a 
canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans,  approved  June 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  for  each  and  every  purpose  con- 
nected with  the  same,  the  said  sum  to  continue  available  until  expended : 
Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropriation  herein  made  shall  be 
reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       33 

of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June  twenty- 
eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  President  shall  annually,  and  at  such  other  periods  as  may 
be  provided,  either  by  law  or  by  his  order,  require  full  and  complete  reports 
to  be  made  to  him  by  tire  persons  appointed  or  employed  by  him  in  charge  of 
the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  and 
the  operation  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  including  an  itemized  account  of  all 
moneys  received  and  expended,  which  said  reports  shall  be  by  the  President 
transmitted  to  Congress.  The  President  shall  annually  cause  to  be  made,  by 
the  persons  appointed  and  employed  by  him  in  charge  of  the  government  of  said 
Canal  Zone  and  the  construction  of  said  canal,  estimates  of  expenditures  and 
appropriations,  in  detail  as  far  as  practicable,  which  estimates  shall  cover  all 
annual  salaries  paid  to  persons  employed  on  said  work,  excepting  laborers  and 
skilled  laborers,  and  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  in  the  manner  provided  in 
section  five  of  the  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  legisla- 
tive, executive,  and  judicial  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  for  other  purposes."  And  no 
money  shall  be  expended  for  any  of  the  purposes  of  constructing  and  maintain- 
ing said  Isthmian  Canal,  or  for  any  expenses  incident  thereto,  except  in  accord- 
ance with  appropriations  made  by  Congress. 

Approved,  December  21,  1905.     [34  Stat,  5.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  In  the  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  and  for  prior  years, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  six,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  objects  hereinafter 
stated,  namely : 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

% 

THE   ISTHMIAN   CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
direction  of  the  President  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two, 
as  follows: 

For  miscellaneous  material  purchases  in  the  United  States,  one  million 
dollars ; 

For  miscellaneous  material  purchases  on  the  Isthmus  and  miscellaneous 
expenditures,  consisting  of  hotel  and  hospital  and  other  supplies,  transporta- 
tion of  labor  from  West  Indies,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

For  amounts  to  pay  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  for  material  and  services, 
including  construction  of  second  main  track,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars; 

For  Isthmus  pay  rolls,  two  million  one  hundred  thousand  dollars; 

For  salaries,  incidental  expenses,  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service  in  the 
United  States,  covering  Washington  office,  including  Commissioners,  offices  of 
assistant  purchasing  agents  at  New  Orleans,  New  York,  and  Tacoma,  seventy- 
five  thousand  dollars:  Provided,  That  no  part  of  the  money  herein  appropri- 
ated shall  be  paid  to  any  Commissioner  as  compensation  in  addition  to  his 
salary  as  Commissioner; 

For  new  equipment  purchases,  one  million  five  hundred  and  sixty-five  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  eighty-six  dollars ;  in  all,  five  million  three  hundred 
and  forty  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-six  dollars,  which  shall  continue 
available  until  expended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appro- 
priation herein  and  hereinafter  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  paid 
from,  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of,  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

To  be  used  as  an  advance  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  pay  for  the 
reequipment  of  that  company,  six  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

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34        TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

The  provisions  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  relating  to  the  limitations  of  the 
hours  of  daily  service  of  laborers  and  mechanics  employed  upon  the  public 
works  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia,"  approved  August 
first,  eighteeen  hundred  and  ninety-two,  shall  not  apply  to  alien  laborers 
employed  in  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  within  the  Canal  Zone. 

PAYMENT  TO  LIEUTENANT  COLONEL  WILLIAM  M.  BLACK:  For  payment  to 
Lieutenant  Colonel  William  M.  Black,  Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army, 
fifty  per  centum  additional  compensation  to  pay  proper,  for  services  rendered 
to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  in  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  from  April  ninth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  three,  to  March  twenty-first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
four,  being  an  equalization  of  pay  similar  to  that  paid  other  officers  detailed 
with  the  Commission,  and  in  pursuance  of  the  understanding  at  the  time  when 
the  assignment  to  duty  with  the  Commission  was  tendered  and  accepted,  one 
thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars  and  thirty-two  cents,  to  be  paid 
from  the  appropriations  herein  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal. 

PAYMENT  TO  LIEUTENANT  MAEK  BROOKE  :  For  payment  to  Lieutenant  Mark 
Brooke,  Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  fifty  per  centum  additional 
compensation  to  pay  proper,  for  services  rendered  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission in  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  from  April  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
three,  to  March  twenty-first,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  being  an  equalization 
of  pay  similar  to  that  paid  other  officers  detailed  with  the  Commission,  and 
in  pursuance  of  the  understanding  at  the  time  when  the  assignment  to  duty 
with  the  Commission  was  tendered  and  accepted,  five  hundred  and  seventy- 
three  dollars  and  ninety-eight  cents,  to  be  paid  from  the  appropriations  herein 
made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal. 

******* 

Approved,  February  27,  1906.     [34  Stat,  34.] 


An   Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular   Service   for   the   fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven. 

Be  it  enacted  ~by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplo- 
matic and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  seven,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely: 

******* 

BELIEF    AND    PROTECTION    OF    AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thousand 
dollars. 


FOREIGN    HOSPITALS    AT    PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to 
the  privileges  of  said  hospitals. 

*  *  *  *  -v  *  *  * 

Approved,  June  16,  1906.     [34  Stat.,  295.] 


Joint  Resolution  Providing  for  the  purchase  of  material  and  equipment  for  use  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  purchases  of  material  and  equipment  for 
use  in  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  restricted  to  articles  of 
domestic  production  and  manufacture,  from  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  unless 
the  President  shall,  in  any  case,  deem  the  bids  or  tenders  therefor  to  be  extor- 
tionate or  unreasonable.  , 

Approved,  June  25,  1906.     [34  Stat,  835.] 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       35 

An  Act  For  the  acknowledgement  of  deeds  and  other  instruments  in  Guam,  Samoa,  and  the 
Canal  Zone  to  affect  lands  in  the  District  of  Columbia  and  other  Territories. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  Assembled,  That  deeds  and  other  instruments  affecting 
land  situate  in  the  District  of  Columbia  or  any  Territory  of  the  United  States 
may  be  acknowledged  in  the  islands  of  Guam  and  Samoa  or  in  the  Canal  Zone 
before  any  notary  public  or  judge,  appointed  therein  by  proper  authority,  or  by 
any  officer  therein  who  has  ex  officio  the  powers  of  a  notary  public :  Provided, 
That  the  certificate  by  such  notary  in  Guam,  Samoa,  or  the  Canal  Zone,  as  the 
case  may  be,  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  governor  or  acting 
governor  of  such  place  to  the  effect  that  the  notary  taking  said  acknowledgment 
was  in  fact  the  officer  he  purported  to  be ;  and  any  deeds  or  other  instruments 
affecting  lands  so  situate,  so  acknowledged  since  the  first  day  of  January,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  five,  and  accompanied  by  such  certificate  shall  have  the  same 
effect  as  such  deeds  or  other  instruments  hereafter  so  acknowledged  and 
certified. 

Approved,  June  28,  190&     [34  Stat,  552.] 


An  Act  To  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  lock  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  At- 
lantic and  Pacific  oceans,  and  the  method  of  construction. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  a  lock  canal  be  constructed  across  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans,  of 
the  general  type  proposed  by  the  minority  of  the  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers, 
created  by  order  of  the  President  dated  January  twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  five,  in  pursuance  of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans," 
approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

Approved,  June  29,  1906.     [34  Stat.,  611.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,  namely : 


THE   ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  the  President  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide 
for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two:  Provided, 
That  no  part  of  the  sums  herein  appropriated  shall  be  used  for  the  construction 
of  a  canal  of  the  so-called  sea-level  type,  as  follows : 

For  salaries  of  members,  officers,  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, including  inspectors  of  material,  examiners,  assistant  purchasing  and 
shipping  agents,  and  all  other  employees  in  the  United  States,  two  hundred  and 
fifty-one  thousand  and  sixty-three  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents ; 

For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  supplies, 
stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in  the  United 
States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, twelve  thousand  dollars,  and  text-books  and  books  of  reference,  one  thou- 
sand dollars),  one  hundred  and  seventeen  thousand  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
nine  dollars  and  thirty-six  cents ; 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on 
the  Isthmus,  for  the  construction  and  engineering  and  administration  depart- 
ments, two  million  six  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  five  hundred  and  twelve 
dollars ; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  for  the  departments  of  con- 
struction and  engineering  and  administration,  nine  million  fifty  thousand  six 
hundred  and  sixty-one  dollars; 


36       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  for  the  con- 
struction and  engineering  and  administration  departments  on  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama,  nine  million  thirty-two  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fourteen  dollars 
and  twenty-four  cents ; 

To  continue  the  reequipment  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  be  disbursed  directly 
under  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  one  million  dollars ;  no  part  of  said  sum 
shall  have  been  so  expended  until  the  obligation  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Com- 
pany for  the  full  amount  thereof  and  drawing  four  per  cent  interest  payable  to 
the  United  States  shall  have  been  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of 
the  United  States  and  by  him  accepted. 

For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery  and 
printing,  and  traveling  and  incidental  expenses  on  the  Isthmus  for  the  construc- 
tion and  engineering  and  administration  departments,  four  hundred  and  thirty- 
four  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty  dollars; 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  in  the 
service  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  six  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  in  the  service  of  the  government  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  fifty  thousand  dollars; 

For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  new  buildings,  and  contingent  expenses  for 
account  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  three  hundred  and  eighteen 
thousand  two  hundred  dollars ; 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor 
engaged  in  the  health  and  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus,  five  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  engaged  in  the  health  and  sanitation  depart- 
ment on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  five  hundred  and  seventy-nine  thousand  and 
sixty-eight  dollars;  % 

For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  new  buildings,  and  contingent  expenses  of 
the  health  and  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus,  eight  hundred  and  twenty- 
two  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-seven  dollars  and  fifteen  cents ; 

In  all,  twenty-five  million  four  hundred  and  fifty-six  thousand  four  hundred 
and  fifteen  dollars  and  eight  cents:  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the 
appropriation  herein  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  paid  from,  or  reim- 
bursed to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

******* 

Approved,  June  30,  1906.     [34  Stat,  761.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

*  *  ***** 

SEC.  4.  The  provisions  of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  relating  to  the  limitations 
of  the  hours  of  daily  service  of  laborers  and  mechanics  employed  upon  the  pub- 
lic works  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia,"  approved 
August  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety -two,  and  of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act 
making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  and  for  prior 
years,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  February  twenty-seventh,  nineteen 
hundred  and  six,  shall  not  apply  to  unskilled  alien  laborers  and  to  the  foremen 
and  superintendents  of  such  laborers,  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  within  the  Canal  Zone. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  June  30,  1906.     [34  Stat.,  669.] 


Joint  Resolution  To  provide  for  the  printing  of  sixteen  thousand  copies  of  Senate  Docu- 
ment Numbered  One  hundred  and  forty-four,  Fifty-ninth  Congress,  second  session. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  there  be  printed  sixteen  thousand  copies 
of  Senate  Document  Numbered  One  hundred  and  forty-four,  Fifty-ninth  Con- 
gress, second  session,  being  a  special  message  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States  concerning  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  accompanied  by  a  map  to  be  pre- 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       37 

pared  under  the  direction  of  the  Joint  Committee  on  Printing,  five  thousand 
copies  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  eleven  thousand  copies  for  the  use  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  to  be  distributed  through  the  folding  room.  The  plates 
owned  by  and  in  the  possession  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  shall  be 
used  in  printing  the  said  document  hereunder  so  far  as  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  owns  or  controls  the  free  use  of  the  necessary  plates. 
Approved,  January  16,  1907.  [34  U.  S.  Stats.,  1418,  1419.] 


An  Act  To  regulate  the  immigration  of  aliens  into  the  United  States. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled, 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

SEC.  33.  That  for  the  purpose  of  this  Act  the  term  "United  States"  as  used 
in  the  title  as  well  as  in  the  various  sections  of  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to 
mean  the  United  States  and  any  waters,  territory,  or  other  place  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  thereof,  except  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone:  Provided,  That  if  any 
alien  shall  leave  the  Canal  Zone  and  attempt  to  enter  any  other  place  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  nothing  contained  in  this  Act  shall  be  con- 
strued as  permitting  him  to  enter  under  any  other  conditions  than  those  applica- 
ble to  all  aliens. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  February  20,  1907.     [34  Stat,  908.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations   for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal 
year   ending   June    thirtieth,    nineteen    hundred   and   eight. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eight,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  ob- 
jects hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 


BELIEF  AND  PROTECTION  OF  AMERICAN   SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thousand 
dollars. 


FOREIGN   HOSPITALS   AT  PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  of  said  hospitals. 

******* 

Approved,  February  22,  1907.     [34  Stat.,  925.] 


An  Act  To  satisfy  certain  claims  against  the  Government  arising  under  the  Navy 

Department. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, to  pay  the  claims  arising  under  the  Navy  Department  hereinafter  stated, 
Wie  same  being  in  full  for,  and  the  receipt  of  the  same  to  be  taken  and  accepted 
in  each  case  as  a  full  and  final  release  and  discharge  of  the  respective  claims, 
namely : 


38        TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

(12)  To  pay  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  the  cost  of  making  good  the 
damage  to  two  pontoons,  nine  hundred  and  forty-nine  dollars  and  seventy-four 
cents. 

******* 

Approved,  March  4,  1907.     [34  U.  S.  Stats.,  1291.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  ior  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  namely : 

******* 

THE   ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  the  President  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide 
for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

For  salaries  of  members,  officers,  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  em- 
ployees in  the  United  States,  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  thousand  dollars ; 

For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  supplies, 
stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in  the  United 
States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  Building  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, twelve  thousand  dollars,  and  text-books  and  books  of  reference,  one  thou- 
sand dollars),  sixty-nine  thousand  dollars; 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  on  the  Isthmus,  other  than  skilled  and 
unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers,  superintendents,  instrumentmen,  tran- 
sitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  timekeepers,  mechanical  and  electrical  engi- 
neers, supervisors,  clerks,  accountants,  stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers, 
office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen,  watchmen,  wagon  masters,  stewards,  hos- 
pital dispensers,  internes,  nurses,  and  attendants,  including  those  necessarily 
and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  for  the  departments 
of  construction  and  engineering,  auditing,  disbursing,  and  labor,  quarters  and 
subsistence,  two  million  seven  hundred  and  seventy-two  thousand  dollars ; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers,  conduc- 
tors, firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists,  black- 
smiths and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers,  janitors,  sailors,  cooks,  waiters, 
and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  accounting, 
disbursements,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  seven  million  nine  hundred 
and  ninety  thousand  dollars; 

For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment,  including  cost 
of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident  thereto,  whether 
on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United  States 
as  the  Commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construction  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  auditing,  dis- 
bursing, and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  nine  million  forty-six  thousand 
dollars ; 

To  continue  the  equipment  and  construction  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  be 
disbursed  directly  under  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  one  million  three 
hundred  and  eighty-five  thousand  dollars ;  no  part  of  said  sum  shall  be  expended 
until  the  obligation  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  for  the  full  amount  thereof 
and  drawing  four  per  centum  interest  payable  to  the  United  States  shall  have 
been  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  and  by 
him  accepted; 

To  pay  the  outstanding  four  and  one-half  per  centum  first-mortgage  bonds  of 
the  Panama  Railway  Company  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,  two 
million  two  hundred  and  ninety-eight  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-seven 
dollars  and  fifty  cents,  to  be  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  as 
provided  for  appropriations  herein  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal ; 

For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery  and 
printing,  and  traveling  and  incidental  expenses  on  the  Isthmus,  for  the  depart- 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       39 

ments  of  construction  and  engineering,  accounting,  disbursing,  and  labor, 
quarters  and  subsistence,  five  hundred  and  fifty-eight  thousand  dollars ; 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  in  the 
service  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  thou- 
sand dollars; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  in  the  service  of  the  government  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  fifty  thousand  dollars ; 

For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  new  buildings,  and  contingent  expenses  for 
account  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  two  hundred  and  eighty-nine 
thousand  dollars ; 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  en- 
gaged in  the  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus,  seven  hundred  and  sixty-six 
thousand  dollars; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  engaged  in  the  sanitation  department  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  four  hundred  and  sixty-eight  thousand  dollars ; 

For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  new  buildings,  and  contingent  expenses  of 
the  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus,  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

In  all,  twenty-seven  million  one  hundred  and  sixty-one  thousand  three  hun- 
dred and  sixty-seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  the  same  to  be  available  until  ex- 
pended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropriation  herein  made  for 
the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  paid  from,  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the 
United  States  out  of,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section 
eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

Ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing  amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably 
for  expenditure  on  objects  named ;  but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be 
added  to  any  one  item  of  the  appropriation. 

SEC.  2.  All  funds  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  from  rentals 
of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama  and 
Colon,  and  from  the  Zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and  fines,  and  col- 
lected or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatsoever  form  under  the  laws  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  as  follows :  The  revenues  derived  from 
the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service ;  the  remaining  revenues, 
after  setting  aside  a  miscellaneous  and  contingent  fund  of  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars, to  the  maintenance  of  the  public  school  system  in  the  Zone,  and  to  public 
improvements  within  the  Zone.  A  detailed  and  classified  statement  of  all  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items  under  this  paragraph 
shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  eight. 

SEC.  3.  Any  unexpended  balance  of  the  appropriation  for  the  construction  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal  contained  in  the  Act  of  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
six,  is  hereby  reappropriated  to  meet  deficiencies  heretofore  incurred,  and  to 
further  remain  available  until  expended. 

SEC.  4.  That  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  of  the  said  appropriation  for  the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,  "  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the 
Isthmus  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering  and  administra- 
tion," shall  be  transferred  to  the  appropriation  "  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor 
engaged  in  the  health  and  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  " 
of  the  same  Act;  that  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  of  the  said  appropriation 
"  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus  for  the  departments  of  con- 
struction and  engineering  and  administration,"  shall  be  transferred  to  the  ap- 
propriation "  For  miscellaneous  expenditures  "  for  the  same  departments,  of 
the  same  Act ;  that  fifty  thousand  dollars  of  the  appropriation  "  For  pay  of 
officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus, 
for  the  construction  and  engineering  and  administration  departments,"  shall 
be  transferred  to  the  appropriation  "  For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other 
than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  engaged  in  the  health  and  sanitation  depart- 
ment on  the  Isthmus,"  of  the  same  Act;  and  that  any  unexpended  balance  of 
the  appropriation  in  the  said  bill  "  To  continue  the  reequipment  of  the  Panama 
Railroad  "  may  be  paid  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  reimburse  that 
company  for  direct  expenditures  for  equipment  and  construction:  Provided, 
That  all  expenses  so  reimbursed  shall  first  be  approved  by  the  Commission  and 
then  audited  in  all  respects  as  if  disbursed  directly  under  the  Commission. 

SEC.  5.  All  sums  appropriated  hereuncler  and  under  the  Act  of  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  six,  for  the  use  upon  the  Isthmus  of  the  several  depart- 
ments shall  be  available  for  the  payment  of  the  direct  obligations  of  the  Canal 
Commission,  or  of  the  Commission's  obligations  under  any  contract  or  contracts 


40        TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

that  have  beeri  or  may  hereafter  be  entered  into  for  the  construction  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal. 

SEC.  6.  Nothing  contained  in  section  five  of  the  Act  of  June  twenty-eighth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  two,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of 
a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans,"  shall  pre- 
vent the  President  from  entering  into  such  contract  or  contracts  as  may  be 
deemed  expedient  by  him  for  the  completion  of  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal. 

SEC.  7.  The  appropriations  for  the  pay  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  several 
departments  on  the  Isthmus  under  the  Act  of  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  six,  shall  apply  to  the  pay  of  such  officers  and  employees  when  necessarily 
temporarily  detailed  upon  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus. 

SEC.  8.  All  amounts  due  from  employees,  whether  to  .the  Commission,  Panama 
Railroad  Company,  or  contractor,  for  transportation,  board,  supplies,  or  for  any 
other  service,  are  hereby  authorized  to  be  deducted  from  the  compensation 
otherwise  payable  to  the  said  employees,  and  to  be  paid  to  the  authorized  par- 
ties or  to  be  credited  to  the  appropriation  out  of  which  the  transportation,  board, 
supplies,  or  other  service  was  originally  paid. 

******* 

Approved,  March  4,  1907.     [34  Stat,  1368-1371.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  and  for  prior  years, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  objects  hereinafter  stated, 
namely : 

******* 

For  repairs  and  improvements  to  marine  barracks  and  officers'  quarters, 
Camp  Elliott,  Isthmian  Canal  Zone,  Panama,  ten  thousand  dollars. 

******* 

THE   ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

For  salaries  of  members,  officers,  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  em- 
ployees in  the  United  States,  eighteen  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  on  the  Isthmus  other  than  skilled  and 
unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers,  superintendents,  instrument  men, 
transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  timekeepers,  mechanical  and  electrical 
engineers,  supervisors,  clerks,  accountants,  stenographers,  storekeepers,  mes- 
sengers, office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen,  watchmen,  wagon  masters,  stew- 
ards, hospital  dispensers,  internes,  nurses,  and  attendants,  including  those  neces- 
sarily and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  for  the  depart- 
ments of  construction  and  engineering,  auditing,  disbursing,  and  labor,  quarters 
and  subsistence,  two  hundred  and  ten  thousand  and  seven  hundred  dollars. 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers,  conduc- 
tors, firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists,  black- 
smiths, and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers,  janitors,  sailors,  cooks,  waiters,, 
and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  accounting, 
disbursements,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  five  million  five  hundred 
an/1  thirty-six  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment,  including  cost 
of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident  thereto, 
whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United 
States  as  the  Commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construction  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  audit- 
ing, disbursing,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  six  million  and  eighty-five 
thousand  seven  hundred  dollars. 

For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery  and 
printing,  and  traveling  and  incidental  expenses  on  the  Isthmus,  for  the  depart- 


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ments  of  construction  and  engineering,  accounting,  disbursing,  and  labor,  quar- 
ters and  subsistence,  one  hundred  and  fifty-seven  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars ; 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  engaged  in  the  sanitation  department  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  one  hundred  and  sixty-nine  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars ; 

Appropriations  made  for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  in  the  Sundry 
Civil  Appropriation  Act,  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven, 
and  in  this  Act  shall  continue  available  until  expended. 

******* 

Approved,  February  15,  1908.  [35  Stat,  17,  24.] 


An  Act  Relating  to  the  liability  of  common  carriers  by   railroad  to  their  employees  in 

certain  cases. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  every  common  carrier  by  railroad  while 
engaging  in  commerce  between. any  of  the  several  States  or  Territories,  or  be- 
tween any  of  the  States  and  Territories,  or  between  the  District  of  Columbia 
and  any  of  the  States  or  Territories,  or  between  the  District  of  Columbia  or  any 
of  the  States  or  Territories  and  any  foreign  nation  or  nations,  shall  be  liable  in 
damages  to  any  person  suffering  injury  while  he  is  employed  by  such  carrier  in 
such  commerce,  or,  in  case  of  the  death  of  such  employee,  to  his  or  her  personal 
representative,  for  the  benefit  of  the  surviving  widow  or  husband  and  children 
of  such  employee;  and,  if  none,  then  of  such  employee's  parents;  and,  if  none, 
then  of  the  next  of  kin  dependent  upon  such  employee,  for  such  injury  or  death 
resulting  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  negligence  of  any  of  the  officers,  agents, 
or  employees  of  such  carrier,  or  by  reason  of  any  defect  or  insufficiency,  due  to 
its  negligence,  in  its  cars,  engines,  appliances,  machinery,  track,  roadbed,  works, 
boats,  wharves,  or  other  equipment. 

SEC.  2.  That  every  common  carrier  by  railroad  in  the  Territories,  the  District 
of  Columbia,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  or  other  possessions  of  the  United  States 
shall  be  liable  in  damages  to  any  person  suffering  injury  while  he  is  employed  by 
such  carrier  in  any  of  said  jurisdictions,  or,  in  case  of  the  death  of  such  em- 
ployee, to  his  or  her  personal  representative,  for  the  benefit  of  the  surviving 
widow  or  husband  and  children  of  such  employee;  and,  if  none,  then  of  such 
employee's  parents ;  and,  if  none,  then  of  the  next  of  kin  dependent  upon  such 
employee,  for  such  injury  or  death  resulting  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  negli- 
gence of  any  of  the  officers,  agents,  or  employees  of  such  carrier,  or  by  reason  of 
any  defect  or  insufficiency,  due  to  its  negligence,  in  its  cars,  engines,  appliances, 
machinery,  track,  roadbed,  works,  boats,  wharves,  or  other  equipment. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  all  actions  hereafter  brought  against  any  such  common  carrier 
by  railroad  under  or  by  virtue  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  to  recover 
damages  for  personal  injuries  to  an  employee,  or  where  such  injuries  have  re- 
sulted in  his  death,  the  fact  that  the  employee  may  have  been  guilty  of  contribu- 
tory negligence  shall  not  bar  a  recovery,  but  the  damages  shall  be  diminished  by 
the  jury  in  proportion  to  the  amount  of  negligence  attributable  to  such  employee : 
Provided,  That  no  such  employee  who  may  be  injured  or  killed  shall  be  held  to 
have  been  guilty  of  contributory  negligence  in  any  case  where  the  violation  by 
such  common  carrier  of  any  statute  enacted  for  the  safety  of  employees  con- 
tributed to  the  injury  or  death  of  such  employee. 

SEC.  4.  That  in  any  action  brought  against  any  common  carrier  under  or  by 
virtue  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  to  recover  damages  for  injuries  to,  or 
the  death  of,  any  of  its  employees,  Such  employee  shall  not  be  held  to  have  as- 
sumed the  risks  of  his  employment  in  any  case  where  the  violation  by  such  com- 
mon carrier  of  any  statute  enacted  for  the  safety  of  employees  contributed  to 
the  injury  or  death  of  such  employee. 

SEC.  5.  That  any  contract,  rule,  regulation,  or  device  whatsoever,  the  purpose 
or  intent  of  which  shall  be  to  enable  any  common  carrier  to  exempt  itself  from 
any  liability  created  by  this  Act,  shall  to  that  extent  be  void :  Provided,  That  in 
any  action  brought  against  any  such  common  carrier  under  or  by  virtue  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  such  common  carrier  may  set  off  therein  any  sum 
it  has  contributed  or  paid  to  any  insurance,  relief  benefit,  or  indemnity  that  may 
have  been  paid  to  the  injured  employee  or  the  person  entitled  thereto  on  account 
of  the  injury  or  death  for  which  said  action  was  brought. 

SEC.  6.  That  no  action  shall  be  maintained  under  this  Act  unless  commenced 
within  two  years  from  the  day  the  cause  of  action  accrued. 


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SEC.  7.  That  the  term  "  common  carrier  "  as  used  in  this  Act  shall  include  the 
receiver  or  receivers  or  other  persons  or  corporations  charged  with  the  duty  of 
the  management  and  operation  of  the  business  of  a  common  carrier. 

SEC.  8.  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  held  to  limit  the  duty  or  liability  of 
common  carriers  or  to  impair  the  rights  of  their  employees  under  any  other  Act 
or  Acts  of  Congress,  or  to  affect  the  prosecution  of  any  pending  proceeding  or 
right  of  action  under  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  Act  realting  to  liability  of 
common  carriers  in  the  District  of  Columbia  and  Territories,  and  to  common 
carriers  engaged  in  commerce  between  the  States  and  between  the  States  and 
foreign  nations  to  their  employees,"  approved  June  eleventh,  nineteen  hundred 
and  six. 

Approved,  April  22,  1908.     [35  Stat.,  65.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for   the   Diplomatic   and   Consular   Service  for  the   fiscal 
year  ending  June   thirtieth,   nineteen   hundred  and  nine. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely: 


BELIEF   AND   PROTECTION    OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars. 

******* 

FOREIGN  HOSPITALS  AT  PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  of  said  hospitals. 

******* 

Approved,  May  21,  1908.     [35  Stat.,  181,  182.] 


An    Act   Making   appropriations   for   sundry    civil    expenses   of   the   Government   for    the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  namely: 


THE   ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  the  President  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two : 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  em- 
ployees in  the  United  States,  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  thousand  dollars ; 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in 
the  United  States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  District 
of  Columbia,  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  and  text-books  and  books  of 
reference,  one  thousand  dollars,  and  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for 
the  War  Department  for  extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal,  one  thousand  dollars),  twenty-seven  thousand  dollars,  and  the  unex- 


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pencled  balances  of  appropriations  for  these  objects  available  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  eight ; 

Third.  For  pay  of  members  of  the  Commission  and  officers  and  employees  on 
the  Isthmus  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers, 
superintendents,  instrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  time- 
keepers, mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  supervisors,  clerks,  accountants, 
stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen, 
watchmen,  wagon  masters,  stewards,  hospital  dispensers,  internes,  nurses,  and 
attendants,  including  those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away 
from  the  Isthmus,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  dis- 
bursing, examination  of  accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  and  ex- 
penses incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  estimates  for  appropria- 
tions on  the  Isthmus,  three  million  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers,  janitors,  sailors,  cooks,  wait- 
ers, and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  dis- 
bursing, examination  of  accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  eight 
million  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

Fifth.  For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment,  in- 
cluding cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident 
thereto,  whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in 
the  United  States  as  the  Commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  con- 
struction of  the  Isthmian  ^anal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engi- 
neering, disbursing,  examination  of  accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsist- 
ence, and  to  enable  the  Secretary  of  War  to  purchase  for  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  two  steamships  of  American  register  each  to  be  of  not  less  than  nine 
thousand  gross  registered  tonnage  and  at  a  cost  of  not  to  exceed  one  million 
five  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  said  ships  to  be  controlled  and  operated 
by  said  Panama  Railroad  Company  in  like  manner  as  other  ships  of  said  Com- 
pany including  the  transportation  of  supplies,  equipment  and  material  for  use 
in  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  transportation  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  Commission:  Provided,  That  when  said  ships 
are  no  longer  required  for  use  as  aforesaid  in  the  transportation  of  supplies, 
equipment  and  material  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  the  same 
shall  be  transferred  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  for  use  as  colliers  or  other 
auxiliary  vessels  belonging  to  the  Navy,  twelve  million  eight  hundred  thousand 
dollars ; 

Sixth.  To  continue  the  equipment  and  construction  of  the  Panama  Railroad, 
to  be  disbursed  directly  under  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  one  million  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars ;  no  part  of  said  sum  shall  be  expended  until  the  obli- 
gation of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  for  the  full  amount  thereof  and  draw- 
ing four  per  centum  interest  payable  to  the  United  States  shall  have  been  de- 
livered to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  and  by  him 
accepted  < 

Seventh.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  sta- 
tionery and  printing,  and  traveling  and  incidental  expenses  on  the  Isthmus, 
for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  disbursing,  examination  of 
accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

Eighth.  For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled 
labor  in  the  service  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars  and  the  unexpended  balances  of  appropriations 
for  these  objects  available  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight ; 

Ninth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  in  the  service  of  the  government  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  sixteen  thousand  dollars  and  the  unexpended  balances  of  appro- 
priations for  these  objects  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight; 

Tenth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  new  buildings,  and  contingent  ex- 
penses for  account  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  unexpended  bal- 
ances of  appropriations  for  these  objects  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eight ; 

Eleventh.  For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled 
labor  engaged  in  the  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus,  seven  hundred 
thousand  dollars  and  the  unexpended  balances  of  appropriations  for  these 
i -h lefts  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight; 

Twelfth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  engaged  in  the  sanitation  department 
on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars; 

Thirteenth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  new  buildings,  and  contingent 
expenses  of  the  sanitation  department  on  the  Isthmus,  three  hundred  and 


44       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

seventy-five  thousand  dollars,  and  the  unexpended  balances  of  appropriations 
for  these  objects  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight; 

Fourteenth.  For  the  construction  of  the  new  Panama  Railroad  to  be  dis- 
bursed directly  undei  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  one  million  and  eighty- 
five  thousand  dollars ; 

In  all,  twenty-nine  million  one  hundred  and  seventy-seven  thousand  dollars, 
the  same  to  be  available  until  expended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from 
the  appropriation  herein  and  hereinafter  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be 
paid  from,  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of,  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale  of  the  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  Act  approved 
June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

To  pay  Pembroke  B.  Banton,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  to  compensate  him  for 
injuries  received  while  in  the  employment  of  the  Government  on  the  Isthmian 
Canal,  ten  thousand  dollars. 

Ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing  amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably  for 
expenditure  on  objects  named ;  but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be  added 
to  any  one  item  of  the  appropriation:  Provided,  however,  That  any  surplus 
in  the  appropriations  for  any  of  the  above  classified  heads  may  be  used  for  ex- 
penditure under  any  of  the  classified  appropriations  for  the  department  of 
construction  and  engineering. 

SEC.  2.  The  foregoing  approrria  iions  shall  be  available  to  reimburse  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  foi  marine  losses,  or  for  losses  due  to  destruction 
of  or  damage  to  its  plant,  equipment,  or  commissary  supplies  by  fire:  Provided, 
however,  That  upon  this  appropriation  becoming  effective  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  shall  cease  to  carry  insurance  against  loss  from  causes  covered  by 
this  appropriation. 

SEC.  3.  All  funds  hereafter  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone 
from  rentals  of  public  lands  an-.'t  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  and  from  the  Zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees,  and 
collected  or  raised  by  taxation  ir-  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  as  follows:  The  revenues  derived  from 
the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service;  the  remaining  reve- 
nues, after  setting  aside  a  miscellaneous  and  contingent  fund  of  ten  thousand 
dollars,  to  the  maintenance  of  the  public  school  system  in  the  Zone ;  to  the  con- 
struction and  maintenance  of  public  improvements  within  the  Zone;  to 
the  maintenance  of  the  administrative  districts,  including  payment  of  salaries 
and  wages  incident  thereto ;  to  the  maintenance  of  Canal  Zone  charity  patients 
in  the  hospitals  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the  maintenance 
of  administrative  district  prisoners.  A  detailed  and  classified  statement  of 
all  receipts  and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items  under  this 
paragraph  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

SEC.  4.  All  sums  appropriated  heretinder  or  that  may  hereafter  be  appro- 
priated for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  available  for  the 
payment  of  the  direct  obligations  of  the  Canal  Commission,  or  of  the  Commis- 
sion's obligations  um4?r  any  contract  or  contracts  that  may  hereafter  be 
entered  into  for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal. 

SEC.  5.  All  funds  that  hereafter  may  be  derived  from  customs  duties  collected 
upon  property  of  the  United  States  imported  from  the  Canal  Zone  are  hereby 
reappropriated  for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  and  may  be  ex- 
pended under  any  of  the  classified  appropriations  for  the  department  of  con- 
struction and  engineering. 

SEC.  6.  All  funds  realized  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  nine 
by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  the  performance  of  services  by  the 
Commission,  or  from  the  sale  of  materials  and  supplies  upon  the  Isthmus  under 
the  custody  and  control  of  the  Commission,  are  hereby  reappropriated  for  ex- 
penditure under  any  of  the  foregoing  classified  appropriations  for  the  depart- 
ment of  construction  and  engineering,  and  a  full  and  separate  report  in  detail 
of  all  transactions  hereunder  shall  be  made  to  Congress. 

SEC.  7.  The  officers  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  are  relieved  from 
liability  to  account  for  eleven  thousand  two  hundred  and  five  dollars  and  fifty- 
three  cents,  for  materials  and  supplies  furnished  to  the  sufferers  by  the  Jamai- 
can earthquake  of  January  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven. 

******* 

Approved,  May  27,  1908.     [35  Stat,  384,  387.] 


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An  Act  Granting  to  certain  employees  of  the  United  States  the  right  to  receive  from  it 
compensation  for  injuries  sustained  in  the  course  of  their  employment. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  when,  on  or  after  August  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  any  person  employed  by  the  United  States  as  an 
artisan  or  laborer  in  any  of  its  manufacturing  establishments,  arsenals,  or  navy- 
yards,  or  in  the  construction  of  river  and  harbor  or  fortification  work  or  in 
hazardous  employment  or  construction  work  in  the  reclamation  of  arid  lands 
or  the  management  and  control  of  the  same,  or  in  hazardous  employment  under  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  is  injured  in  the  course  of  such  employment,  such 
employee  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  for.  one  year  thereafter,  unless  such  em- 
ployee, in  the  opinion  of  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  be  sooner  able 
to  resume  work,  the  same  pay  as  if  he  continued  to  be  employed,  such  payment 
to  be  made  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor 
may  prescribe:  Provided,  That  no  compensation  shall  be  paid  under  this  Act 
where  the  injury  is  due  to  the  negligence  or  misconduct  of  the  employee  injured, 
nor  unless  said  injury  shall  continue  for  more  than  fifteen  days.  All  questions 
of  negligence  or  misconduct  shall  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce 
and  Labor. 

SEC.  2.  That  if  any  artisan  or  laborer  so  employed  shall  die  during  the  said 
year  by  reason  of  such  injury  received  in  the  course  of  such  employment,  leav- 
ing a  widow,  or  a  child  or  children  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  or  a  dependent 
parent,  such  widow  and  child  or  children  and  dependent  parent  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive,  in  such  portions  and  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary 
of  Commerce  and  Labor  may  prescribe,  the  same  amount,  for  the  remainder  of 
the  said  year,  that  said  artisan  or  laborer  would  be  entitled  to  receive  as  pay 
if  such  employee  were  alive  and  continued  to  be  employed :  Provided,  That  if 
the  widow  shall  die  at  any  time  during  the  said  year  her  portion  of  said  amount 
shall  be  added  to  the  amount  to  be  paid  to  the  remaining  beneficiaries  under 
the  provisions  of  this  section,  if  there  be  any. 

SEC.  3.  That  whenever  an  accident  occurs  to  any  employee  embraced  within 
the  terms  of  the  first  section  of  this  Act,  and  which  results  in  death  or  a 
probable  incapacity  for  work,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  official  superior  of  such 
employee  to  at  once  report  such  accident  and  the  injury  resulting  therefrom  to 
the  head  of  his  Bureau  or  independent  office,  and  his  report  shall  be  immedi- 
ately communicated  through  regular  official  channels  to  the  Secretary  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor.  Such  report  shall  state,  first,  the  time,  cause,  and  nature 
of  the  accident  and  injury  and  the  probable  duration  of  the  injury  resulting 
therefrom ;  second;  whether  the  accident  arose  out  of  or  in  the  course  of  the 
injured  person's  employment;  third,  whether  the  accident  was  due  to  negli- 
gence or  misconduct  on  the  part  of  the  employee  injured;  fourth,  any  other 
matters  required  by  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  Commerce 
and  Labor  may  prescribe.  The  head  of  each  Department  or  independent  office 
shall  have  power,  however,  to  charge  a  special  official  with  the  duty  of  making 
such  reports. 

SEC.  4.  That  in  the  case  of  any  accident  which  shall  result  in  death,  the 
persons  entitled  to  compensation  under  this  Act  or  their  legal  representatives 
shall,  within  ninety  days  after  such  death,  file  with  the  Secretary  of  Commerce 
and  Labor  an  affidavit  setting  forth  their  relationship  to  the  deceased  and  the 
ground  of  their  claim  for  compensation  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act.  This 
shall  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  attending  physician  setting  forth 
the  fact  and  cause  of  death,  or  the  nonproduction  of  the  certificate  shall  be 
satisfactorily  accounted  for.  In  the  case  of  incapacity  for  work  lasting  more 
than  fifteen  days,  the  injured  party  desiring  to  take  the  benefit  of  this  Act 
shall,  within  a  reasonable  period  after  the  expiration  of  such  time,  file  with  his 
official  superior,  to  be  forwarded  through  regular  official  channels  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  Commerce  and  Labor,  an  affidavit  setting  forth  the  grounds  of  his  claim 
for  compensation,  to  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  attending  physician 
as  to  the  cause  and  nature  of  the  injury  and  probable  duration  of  the  incapacity, 
or  the  nonproduction  of  the  certificate  shall  be  satisfactorily  accounted  for.  If 
the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  shall  find  from  the  report  and  affidavit 
or  other  evidence  produced  by  the  claimant  or  his  or  her  legal  representatives, 
or  from  such  additional  investigation  as  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor 
may  direct,  that  a  claim  for  compensation  is  established  under  this  Act,  the 
compensation  to  be  paid  shall  be  determined  as  provided  under  this  Act  and 
approved  for  payment  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor. 


46        TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  employee  shall,  whenever  and  as  often  as  required  by  the 
Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  at  least  once  in  six  months,  submit  to  medi- 
cal examination,  to  be  provided  and  paid  for  under  the  direction  of  the  Secre- 
tary, and  if  such  employee  refuses  to  submit  to  or  obstructs  such  examination, 
his  or  her  right  to  compensation  shall  be  lost  for  the  period  covered  by  the  con- 
tinuance of  such  refusal  or  obstruction. 

SEC.  6.  That  payments  under  this  Act  are  only  to  be  made  to  the  beneficiaries 
or  their  legal  representatives  other  than  assignees,  and  shall  not  be  subject  to 
the  claims  of  creditors. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  United  States  shall  not  exempt  itself  from  liability  under  this 
Act  by  any  contract,  agreement,  rule,  or  regulation,  and  any  such  contract,  agree- 
ment, rule,  or  regulation  shall  be  pro  ta>nto  void. 

SEC.  8.  That  all  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  herewith  or  providing  a 
different  scale  of  compensation  or  otherwise  regulating  its  payment  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved,  May  30,  1908.  [35  Stat,  556.] 


An  Act  Relating  to  injured  employees  on  the  Isthmian  Canal. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  nothing  contained  in  the  Act  approved 
May  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  entitled  "An  Act  granting  to  certain 
employees  of  the  United  States  the  right  to  receive  from  it  compensation  for 
injuries  sustained  in  the  course  of  their  employment,"  shall  prevent  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission,  under  rules  to  be  fixed  by  the  commission,  from  grant- 
ing to  its  injured  employees,  whether  engaged  in  a  hazardous  employment  or 
otherwise,  leave  of  absence  with  pay  for  time  necessarily  lost  as  a  result  of  in- 
juries received  in  the  course  of  employment,  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate 
thirty  days  per  annum:  Provided,  however,  That  compensation  paid  to  such 
injured  employees  under  such  regulations  shall  be  deducted  from  any  compensa- 
tion which  such  employees  may  be  entitled  to  receive  under  the  terms  of  the 
said  Act. 

Approved,  February  24,  1909.     [35  Stat.,  645.] 


An  Act  Relating  to  the  use,  control,  and  ownership  of  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus 

of  Panama. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to 
grant  leases  of  the  public  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  for  such 
period,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  years,  and  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as 
he  may  deem  advisable.  No  lease,  however,  shall  be  granted  for  a  tract  of  land 
in  excess  of  fifty  hectares,  nor  to  any  person  who  shall  not  have  first  established, 
by  affidavit  and  by  such  "other  proof  as  may  be  required,  that  such  person  is  the 
head  of  a  family  or  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  that  the  application 
for  a  lease  is  made  in  good  faith  for  the  purposes  of  actual  settlement  and  culti- 
vation, and  not  for  the  benefit  of  any  other  person  whatsoever,  and  that  such 
person  will  faithfully  comply  with  all  the  requirements  of  law  as  to  settlement, 
residence,  and  cultivation.  In  granting  such  leases  preference  shall  be  ac- 
corded to  actual  occupants  of  lands  in  good  faith. 

SEC.  2.  That  no  portion  of  the  lands  of  the  United  States  within  the  Canal 
Zone  shall  be  leased  hereunder  unless  it  shall  first  be  made  to  appear,  by  a 
statement  or  plat  filed  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  with  the  collector  of 
revenues  for  the  Canal  Zone,  that  it  is  not  contemplated  to  use  such  lands  in 
the  work  of  canal  construction  or  to  set  the  same  aside  as  a  town  site ;  and  all 
leases  shall  be  made  subject  to  the  provision  that  if  at  any  time  it  shall  be- 
come necessary,  notwithstanding,  for  the  United  States  to  occupy  or  use  any 
portion  of  the  leased  lands,  it  shall  have  the  right  to  do  so  without  further  com- 
pensation to  the  lessee  than  for  the  reasonable  value  of  the  necessary  improve- 
ments made  upon  said  tracts  by  the  lessee,  the  same  to  be  determined  by  the 
courts  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

SEC.  3.  That  all  leases  of  lands  hereunder  shall  reserve  to  the  United  States 
all  mineral,  oil,  and  gas  rights  in  the  lands  leased. 


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SEC.  4.  That  the  President  may,  in  his  discretion,  require  a  land  survey  to  be 
made  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  powers  conferred  upon  the  President  under  this  Act  may  be 
exercised  by  him  through  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  or  in  such  other  man- 
ner as  he  may  designate. ' 

Approved,  February  27,  1909.     [35  Stat.,  658.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
ten,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  ob- 
jects hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 

RELIEF   AND   PROTECTION    OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thousand 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary. 


FOREIGN    HOSPITALS    IN   PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  of  said  hospitals. 

******* 

Approved,  March  2,  1909.     [35  Stat,  682.] 


An   Act  Making   appropriations   for   sundry   civil   expenses   of   the   Government   for   the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  namely: 

******* 

THE    ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  the  President  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide 
for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  Acts 
amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto: 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  employees 
in  the  United  States,  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars:  Provided,  That 
not  more  than  five  thousand  dollars  of  this  appropriation  shall  be  paid  as  com- 
pensation to  the  secretary  of  the  commission. 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in  the 
United  States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  text-books  and  books  of  refer- 
ence, one  thousand  dollars,  and  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department  for  extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  of  the  Isthmian  Canal, 
one  thousand  dollars),  seventy-five  thousand  dollars. 

Third.  For  pay  of  members  of  the  commission  and  officers  and  employees  on 
the  Isthmus  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers, 


48       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

superintendents,  instrumentmeri,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodnien,  draftsmen,  time- 
keepers, mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  quartermasters,  clerks,  account- 
ants, stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subfore- 
men,  wagon  masters,  watchmen  and  stewards,  including  those  temporarily  de- 
tailed for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  in  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  ac- 
counts, and  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  estimates 
for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus,  three  million  eight  hundred  and  seventy-one 
thousand  dollars. 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers,  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  twelve 
million  dollars. 

Fifth.  For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies  and  equipment,  includ- 
ing cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident 
thereto,  whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in 
the  United  States  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  con- 
struction of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engi- 
neering, quartermaster,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts, 
ten  million  five  hundred  and  seventeen  thousand  dollars. 

Sixth.  To  continue  the  equipment  and  construction  of  the  Panama  Railroad, 
to  be  disbursed  directly  under  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  seven  hundred 
thousand  dollars ;  no  part  of  said  sum  shall  be  expended  until  the  obligation  of 
the  Panama  Railroad  Company  for  the  full  amount  thereof,  and  drawing  four 
per  centum  interest,  payable  to  the  United  States,  shall  have  been  delivered  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  and  by  him  accepted. 

Seventh.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  sta- 
tionery and  printing,  local  railway  transportation,  special  trains,  including  pay- 
train  service;  transportation  of  currency  to  the  Isthmus,  recruiting  and  trans- 
porting laborers,  transporting  employees  from  the  United  States,  repatriating 
laborers  and  employees,  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  on  the  Isth- 
mus on  official  business;  and  all  other  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  not 
otherwise  provided  for,  tor  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  and 
labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  one  million  dollars. 

Eighth.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  Commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  foremen,  subforemen, 
watchmen,  messengers,  and  storekeepers,  of  the  department  of  civil  administra- 
tion, including  those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from 
the  Isthmus,  four  hundred  and  seventy  thousand  dollars. 

Ninth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  for  the  department  of  civil  adminis- 
tration, twenty  thousand  dollars. 

Tenth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  one 
hundred  and  forty  thousand  dollars. 

Eleventh.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  hospital  dispensers, 
internes,  nurses,  attendants,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen,  subforemeii,  watch- 
men, and  stewards,  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  including 
those  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  seven  hundred  and 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Twelfth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  of  every  grade  and  kind,  for  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  four  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
dollars. 

Thirteenth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of 
buildings,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the 
Isthmus,  seven  hundred  and  forty  thousand  dollars. 

Fourteenth.  For  the  payment  of  the  cost  of  relocating  the  Panama  Railroad, 
including  salaries,  wages,  cost  of  material,  supplies,  and  all  other  expenses 
incident  thereto,  one  million  nine  hundred  and  eighty  thousand  dollars. 

For  salaries,  wages,  cost  of  material,  supplies,  and  all  other  expenses  incident 
to  continuing  the  extension,  grading,  and  paving  of  streets,  building  sewers, 
and  extending  water  mains  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  eight  hundred 
thousand  dollars. 


TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       49 

In  all,  thirty-three  million  six  hundred  and  thirty-eight  thousand  dollars,  the 
same  to  be  available  until  expended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the 
appropriation  herein  and  hereinafter  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  paid 
from,  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of,  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 

Ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing  amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably 
for  expenditure  on  objects  named ;  but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be 
added  to  any  one  item  of  the  appropriation :  Provided,  however,  That  any  sur- 
plus in  the  appropriations  for  any  of  the  above  classified  heads  may  be  used  for 
expenditure  under  any  of  the  classified  appropriations  for  the  department  of 
construction  and  engineering. 

No  part  of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be 
applied  to  the  payment  of  allowances  for  longevity  service  or  layover  days 
other  than  such  as  may  have  accumulated  under  existing  orders  of  the  com- 
mission, prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

SEC.  2.  The  foregoing  appropriations  shall  be  available  to  reimburse  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  for  marine  losses,  or  for  losses  due  to  destruction 
of  or  damage  to  its  plant,  equipment,  or  commissary  supplies  by  fire :  Provided, 
however,  That  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  carry  no  insurance  against 
loss  from  causes  covered  by  this  appropriation. 

SEC.  3.  All  funds  hereafter  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone 
from  rentals  of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  and  from  the  zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and 
fines,  and  collected  or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of 
the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  as  follows:  The  revenues  derived 
from  the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service ;  the  remaining  reve- 
nues, after  setting  aside  a  miscellaneous  and  contingent  fund  of  ten  thousand 
dollars,  to  the  maintenance  of  the  public-school  system  in  the  zone;  to  the 
construction  and  maintenance  of  public  improvements  within  the  zone;  to  the 
maintenance  of  the  administrative  districts;  to  the  maintenance  of  Canal  Zone 
charity  patients  in  the  hospitals  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the 
maintenance  of  administrative  district  prisoners.  A  detailed  and  classified 
statement  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items 
under  this  paragraph  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  ten. 

SEC.  4.  All  funds  realized  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  ten  by 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  the  performance  of  services  by  the  com- 
mission, or  from  rentals,  or  from  the  sale  of  materials  and  supplies  under  the 
custody  and  control  of  the  commission,  are  hereby  reappropriated  for  expendi- 
ture under  any  of  the  foregoing  classified  appropriations  for  the  department  of 
construction  and  engineering,  and  a  full  and  separate  report  in  detail  of  all 
transactions  hereunder  shall  be  made  to  Congress. 

******* 

SEC.  6.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and  em- 
ployees of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

******* 

SEC.  8.  In  case  of  the  sickness  or  unavoidable  absence  of  any  disbursing  clerk 
or  disbursing  agent  of  any  executive  department,  independent  bureau,  or  office, 
in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  he  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  head 
of  the  department,  independent  bureau,  or  office,  in  which  said  disbursing  clerk 
or  agent  is  employed,  authorize  the  clerk  of  highest  grade  employed  therein  to 
act  in  his  place,  and  to  discharge  all  the  duties  by  law  or  regulations  of  such 
disbursing  clerk  or  agent.  The  official  bond  given  by  the  principal  of  the  office 
shall  be  held  to  cover  and  apply  to  the  acts  of  the  person  appointed  to  act  in 
his  place  in  such  cases.  Such  acting  officer  shall,  moreover,  for  the  time  being, 
be  subject  to  all  the  liabilities  and  penalties  prescribed  by  law  for  the  official 
misconduct  in  like  cases,  of  the  disbursing  clerk  or  disbursing  agent,  respectively, 
for  whom  he  acts,  and  such  acting  officer  shall  be  required  by  the  head  of  the 
department,  independent  bureau,  or  office,  to  give  bond  to  and  in  such  sum  as 
the  disbursing  clerk  or  disbursing  agent  may  require. 

******* 

Approved,  March  4,  1909.     (35  Stat,  1024,  1027.) 
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50       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  objects  herein- 
after stated,  namely: 


DEPARTMENT   OF    STATE. 


For  the  payment  of  the  annual  installments  for  the  calendar  years  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight  and  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars  each,  under  the  assignment  and  transfer  made  by  the  Republic 
of  Panama  to  the  Republic  of  Colombia,  in  manner  and  form  as  contained  in  the 
treaty  between  the  Republic  of  Colombia  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  of 
January  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  the  recognition  of  which  assign- 
ment and  acceptance  of  notice  thereof  are  given  by  the  United  States  in  Article 
V  of  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Colombia  con- 
cluded January  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars. 


THE  ISTHMIAN   CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  the  President  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  oceans,"  approved  June  twenty -eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two: 

For  pay  of  members  of  the  commission  and  officers  and  employees  on  the 
Isthmus  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers,  super- 
intendents, inatrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  time- 
keepers, mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  supervisors,  clerks,  accountants, 
stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen, 
watchmen,  wagon  masters,  stewards,  hospital  dispensers,  internes,  nurses  and 
attendants,  including  those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away 
from  the  Isthmus  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  disburs- 
ing, examination  of  accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  and  expenses 
incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  estimates  for  appropriations  on 
the  Isthmus,  six  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers,  con- 
ductors, firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers,  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
disbursing,  examination  of  accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  subsistence,  two 
million  four  hundred  and  fifty-eight  thousand  dollars. 

For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment,  including 
cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident  thereto, 
whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in  the 
United  States  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  con- 
struction of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engi- 
neering, disbursing,  examination  of  accounts,  and  labor,  quarters  and  sub- 
sistence, two  million  four  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Authority  is  hereby  granted  for  the  payment  of  salaries  and  wages  accrued 
or  hereafter  earned  of  retired  army  and  navy  officers  and  enlisted  men  now  in 
the  employment  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  in  addition  to  their  retired 
pay,  where  their  compensation  under  such  employment  does  not  exceed  two 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

In  all  for  the  Isthmian  Canal,  five  million  four  hundred  and  fifty-eight 
thousand  dollars. 

*  ..***** 

Approved,  March  4,  1909.     [35  Stat,  908,  930,  931.] 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       51 

An  Act  To  provide  revenue,  equalize  duties,  and  encourage  the  industries  of  the  United 
States,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled: 

******* 

SEC.  39.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized  to  borrow 
on  the  credit  of  the  United  States  from  time  to  time,  as  the  proceeds  may  be 
required  to  defray  expenditures  on  account  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  to  reim- 
burse the  Treasury  for  such  expenditures  already  made  and  not  covered  by  pre- 
vious issues  of  bonds,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  ninety  million  five  hundred 
and  sixty-nine  thousand  dollars  (which  sum  together  with  the  eighty-four  mil- 
lion six  hundred  and  thirty-one  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars  already  bor- 
rowed upon  issues  of  two  per  cent  bonds  under  section  eight  of  the  act  of  June 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  equals  the  estimate  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  to  cover  the  entire  cost  of  the  Canal  from  its  inception  to  its 
completion),  and  to  prepare  and  issue  therefor  coupon  or  registered  bonds  of  the 
United  States  in  such  form  as  he  may  prescribe,  and  in  denominations  of  one 
hundred  dollars,  five  hundred  dollars,  and  one  thousand  dollars,  payable  fifty 
years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  bearing  interest  payable  quarterly  in  gold 
coin  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  three  per  centum  per  annum ;  and  the  bonds  herein 
authorized  shall  be  exempt  from  all  taxes  or  duties  of  the  United  States,  as 
well  as  from  taxation  in  any  form  by  or  under  state,  municipal,  or  local  au- 
thority :  Provided,  That  said  bonds  may  be  disposed  of  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  at  not  less  than  par,  under  such  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe,  giv- 
ing to  all  citizens  of  the  United  States  an  equal  opportunity  to  subscribe  there- 
for, but  no  commissions  shall  be  allowed  or  paid  thereon ;  and  a  sum  not  exceed- 
ing one-tenth  of  one  per  centum  of  the  amount  of  the  bonds  herein  authorized 
is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, to  pay  the  expenses  of  preparing,  advertising,  and  issuing  the  same; 
and  the  authority  contained  in  section  eight  of  the  act  of  June  twenty-eighth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  two,  for  the  issue  of  bonds  bearing  interest  at  two  per 
centum  per  annum,  is  hereby  repealed. 

******* 

Approved,  August  5,  1909.     [36  Stat.,  117.] 


An   Act   Making  appropriations   to  supply   urgent   deficiencies   in   appropriations   for   the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  and   for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled: 

******* 

Until  otherwise  provided  by  law  no  bond  shall  be  accepted  from  any  surety  or 
bonding  company  for  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States  which  shall 
cost  more  than  thirty-five  per  centum  in  excess  of  the  rate  of  premium  charged 
for  a  like  bond  during  the  calendar  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eight :  Provided, 
That  hereafter  the  United  States  shall  not  pay  any  part  of  the  premium  or  other 
cost  of  furnishing  a  bond  required  by  law  or  otherwise  of  any  officer  or  employee 
of  the  United  States. 

That  a  joint  commission  consisting  of  three  Senators,  to  be  appointed  by  the 
President  of  the  Senate,  and  three  Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  to 
be  appointed  by  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  shall  inquire  into 
the  rates  of  premium  heretofore  and  now  being  charged  as  well  as  those  pro- 
posed to  be  charged  by  surety  or  bonding  companies  for  bonds  of  officers  or  em- 
ployees of  the  United  States  and  report  to  Congress  bn  bill  or  otherwise  at  its 
next  session  what  regulation,  if  any,  should  be  exercised  under  law  or  otherwise 
over  the  same ;  for  the  expenses  of  said  commission,  including  all  necessary  ex- 
pert, clerical,  and  other  personal  services,  there  is  appropriated  the  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars,  which  expenses  shall  be  paid  upon  vouchers  approved  jointly 
by  the  chairman  of  said  commission. 

******* 

THE    ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

The  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  cause  to  be  entered  into  such  contract 
or  contracts,  not  to  exceed  the  amount  of  the  bond  issue  authorized  in  the  act 


52       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

entitled  "An  act  to  provide  revenue,  equalize  duties,  and  encourage  the  indus- 
tries of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,"  enacted  during  the  first  ses- 
sion of  the  Sixty-first  Congress,  and  acts  supplementary  thereto,  as  may  be 
deemed  necessary  for  the  proper  excavation,  construction,  and  completion  of 
such  canal  and  harbors,  to  be  paid  for  as  appropriations  may  from  time  to  time 
be  made  by  law. 

******* 

Approved,  August  5,  1909.     [36  Stat.,  126,  130.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies   in  appropriations   for   the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  are  hereby, 
appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to 
supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred 
and  ten,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely: 

******* 

ISTHMIAN   CANAI* 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two, 
and  acts  amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto: 

For  pay  of  officers  and  employees,  Canal  Zone,  Isthmian  Canal:  For  pay  of 
the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and  employees,  other  than 
skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  foremen,  subforemen,  watchmen,  messen- 
gers, and  storekeepers,  of  the  department  of  civil  administration,  including  those 
necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  seventy- 
six  thousand  dollars. 

******  4. 

Approved,  February  25,  1910.     [36  Stat.,  211.] 


An  Act  To  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  relating  to  the  liability  of  common  carriers  by 
railroad  to  their  employees  in  certain  cases,"  approved  April  twenty-second,  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  an  act  entitled  "An  act  relating  to  the 
liability  of  common  carriers  by  railroad  to  their  employees  in  certain  cases," 
approved  April  twenty-second,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  be  amended  in  sec- 
tion six  so  that  said  section  shall  read : 

"  SEC.  6.  That  no  action  shall  be  maintained  under  this  act  unless  commenced 
within  two  years  from  the  day  the  cause  of  action  accrued. 

"  Under  this  act  an  action  may  be  brought  in  a  circuit  court  of  the  United 
States,  in  the  district  of  the  residence  of  the  defendant,  or  in  which  the  cause  of 
action  arose,  or  in  which  the  defendant  shall  be  doing  business  at  the  time  of 
commencing  such  action.  The  jurisdiction  of  the  courts  of  the  United  States 
under  this  act  shall  be  concurrent  with  that  of  the  courts  of  the  several  States, 
and  no  case  arising  under  this  act  and  brought  in  any  State  court  of  compe- 
tent-jurisdiction shall  be  removed  to  any  court  of  the  United  States." 

SEC.  2.  That  said  act  be  further  amended  by  adding  the  following  section  as 
section  nine  of  said  act: 

"  SEC.  9.  That  any  right  of  action  given  by  this  act  to  a  person  suffering  injury 
shall  survive  to  his  or  her  personal  representative,  for  the  benefit  of  the  surviv- 
ing widow  or  husband  and  children  of  such  employee,  and,  if  none,  then  of  such 
employee's  parents ;  and,  if  none,  then  of  the  next  of  kin  dependent  upon  such 
employee,  but  in  such  cases  there  shall  be  only  one  recovery  for  the  same 
injury." 

Approved,  April  5,  1910.     [36  Stat.,  291.] 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       53 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Con- 
sular Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eleven,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely: 


ANNUAL  PAYMENT   TO   COLOMBIA   UNDER   TREATIES. 

For  the  payment  of  the  annual  installment  for  the  calendar  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  ten,  under  the  assignment  and  transfer  made  by  the  Republic  of 
Panama  to  the  Republic  of  Colombia,  in  manner  and  form  as  contained  in  the 
treaty  between  the  Republic  of  Colombia  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  of  Janu- 
ary ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  the  recognition  of  which  assignment  and 
acceptance  of  notice  thereof  are  given  by  the  United  States  in  Article  V  of  the 
treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Colombia  concluded  Jan- 
uary ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 


RELIEF   AND   PROTECTION    OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thousand 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary. 


FOREIGN    HOSPITALS    IN    PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  cf  said  hospitals. 

******* 

Approved,  May  6,  1910.     [36  Stat,  345,  346,  347.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  earthquake  sufferers  in  Costa  Rica. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  of  the  United  States  is 
authorized  to  use  and  distribute  among  the  suffering  and  destitute  people  of 
Costa  Rica  such  tents,  blankets,  and  other  necessary  articles  belonging  to  the 
stores  of  the  military  establishment,  the  naval  establishment,  and  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  as  may  be  required  for  the  purpose  of  succoring  the  people 
who  are  in  peril  in  Costa  Rica  in  consequence  of  the  recent  earthquake. 

Approved,  May  13,  1910.     [36  Stat,  367.] 


An  Act  To  further  regulate  interstate  and  foreign  commerce  by  prohibiting  the  trans- 
portation therein  for  immoral  purposes  of  women  and  girls,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  term  "  interstate  commerce,"  as 
used  in  this  Act,  shall  include  transportation  from  any  State  or  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  to  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  Distict  of  Columbia, 
and  the  term  "  foreign  commerce,"  as  used  in  this  Act,  shall  include  transpor- 
tation from  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  foreign 
country  and  from  any  foreign  country  to  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia. 

SEC.  2.  That  any  person  who  shall  knowingly  transport  or  cause  to  be  trans- 
ported, or  aid  or  assist  in  obtaining  transportation  for,  or  in  transporting,  in 
interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or  in  any  Territory  or  in  the  District  of  Colum- 


54        TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

bia,  any  woman  or  girl  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution  or  debauchery,  or  for  any 
other  immoral  purpose,  or  with  the  intent  and  purpose  to  induce,  entice,  or 
compel  such  woman  or  girl  to  become  a  prostitute  or  to  give  herself  up  to  de- 
bauchery, or  to  engage  in  any  other  immoral  practice ;  or  who  shall  knowingly 
procure  or  obtain,  or  cause  to  be  procured  or  obtained,  or  aid  or  assist  in  pro- 
curing or  obtaining,  any  ticket  or  tickets,  or  any  form  of  transportation  or 
evidence  of  the  right  thereto,  to  be  used  by  any  woman  or  girl  in  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce,  or  in  any  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  in  going  to 
any  place  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution  or  debauchery,  or  for  any  other  im- 
moral purpose,  or  with  the  intent  or  purpose  on  the  part  of  such  person  to  in- 
duce, entice,  or  compel  her  to  give  herself  up  to  the  practice  of  prostitution,  or 
to  give  herself  up  to  debauchery,  or  any  other  immoral  practice,  whereby  any 
such  woman  or  girl  shall  be  transported  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or 
in  any  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five 
thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  five  years,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  3.  That  any  person  who  shall  knowingly  persuade,  induce,  entice,  or 
coerce,  or  cause  to  be  persuaded,  induced,  enticed,  or  coerced,  or  aid  or  assist  in 
persuading,  inducing,  enticing,  or  coercing  any  woman  or  girl  to  go  from  one 
place  to  another  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or  in  any  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution  or  debauchery,  or  for  any 
other  immoral  purpose,  or  with  the  intent  and  purpose  on  the  part  of  such  per- 
son that  such  woman  or  girl  shall  engage  in  the  practice  of  prostitution  or  de- 
bauchery, or  any  other  immoral  practice,  whether  with  or  without  her  consent, 
and  who  shall  thereby  knowingly  cause  or  aid  or  assist  in  causing  such  woman 
or  girl  to  go  and  to  be  carried  or  transported  as  a  passenger  upon  the  line  or 
route  of  any  common  carrier  or  carriers  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or 
any  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony 
and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five 
thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  five  years,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  tht  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  4.  That  any  person  who  shall  knowingly  persuade,  induce,  entice,  or  co- 
erce any  woman  or  girl  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years. from  any  State  or  Terri- 
tory or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  with  the  purpose  and  intent  to  induce  or  coerce  her,  or  that  she 
shall  be  induced  or  coerced  to  engage  in  prostitution  or  debauchery,  or  any  other 
immoral  practice,  and  shall  in  furtherance  of  such  purpose  knowingly  induce  or 
cause  her  to  go  and  to  be  carried  or  transported  as  a  passenger  in  interstate 
commerce  upon  the  line  or  route  of  any  common  carrier  or  carriers,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  felony,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  ex- 
ceeding ten  years,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  court. 

SEC.  5.  That  any  violation  of  any  of  the  above  sections  two,  three,  and  four 
shall  be  prosecuted  in  any  court  having  jurisdiction  of  crimes  within  the  dis- 
trict in  which  said  violation  was  committed,  or  from,  through,  or  into  which 
any  such  woman  or  girl  may  have  been  carried  or  transported  as  a  passenger 
in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or  in  any  Territory  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, contrary  to  the  provisions  of  any  of  said  sections. 

SEC.  6.  That  for  the  purpose  of  regulating  and  preventing  the  transportation 
in  foreign  commerce  of  alien  women  and  girls  for  purposes  of  prostitution  and 
debauchery,  and  in  pursuance  of  and  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  terms 
of  the  agreement  or  project  of  arrangement  for  the  suppression  of  the  white- 
slave  traffic,  adopted  July  twenty-fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  for  sub- 
mission to  their  respective  governments  by  the  delegates  of  vr.rious  powers 
represented  at  the  Paris  conference  and  confirmed  by  a  formal  agreement  signed 
at  Paris  ou  May  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  and  adhered  to  by  the 
United  States  on  June  sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  as  shown  by  the 
proclamation  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  dated  June  fifteenth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  eight,  the  Commissioner-General  of  Immigration  is  hereby 
designated  as  the  authority  of  the  United  States  to  receive  and  centralize  in- 
formation concerning  the  procuration  of  alien  women  and  girls  with  a  view  to 
their  debauchery,  and  to  exercise  supervision  over  such  alien  women  and  girls, 
receive  their  declarations,  establish  their  identity,  and  ascertain  from  them 
who  induced  them  to  leave  their  native  countries,  respectively  •  am1,  it  shall  te 
the  duty  of  said  Commissioner-General  of  Immigration  to  receive  and  keep  on 
file  in  his  office  the  statements  and  declaration,,  which  may  be  made  by  such 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       55 

alien  women  and  girls,  and  those  which  are  hereinafter  .equired  pertaining  to 
such  alien  women  and  girls  engaged  in  prostitution  or  debauchery  in  this 
country,  and  to  furnish  receipts  for  such  statements  and  declarations  provided 
for  in  this  act  to  the  persons,  respectively,  making  ana  filing  them. 

Every  person  who  'shall  keep,  maintain,  control,  support,  or  harbor  in  any 
house  or  place  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution,  or  for  any  other  immoral  pur- 
pose, any  alien  woman  or  girl  within  three  years  after  she  shall  have  entered 
the  United  States  from  any  country,  party  to  the  said  arrangement  for  the 
suppression  of  the  white-slave  traffic,  shall  file  with  the  Commissioner-General 
of  Immigration  a  statement  in  writing  setting  forth  the  name  of  such  alien 
woman  or  girl,  the  place  at  which  she  is  kept,  and  all  facts  as  to  the  date  of 
her  entry  into  the  United  States,  the  port  through  which  she  entered,  her  age, 
nationality,  and  parentage,  and  concerning  her  procuration  to  come  to  this 
country  within  the  knowledge  of  such  person,  and  any  person  who  shall  fail 
within  thirty  days  after  such  person  shall  commence  to  keep,  maintain,  control, 
support,  or  harbor  in  any  house  or  place  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution,  or  for 
any  other  immoral  purpose,  any  alien  woman  or  girl  within  three  years  after 
she  shall  have  entered  the  United  States  from  any  of  the  countries,  party  to 
the  said  arrangement  for  the  suppression  of  the  white-slave  traffic,  to  file  such 
statement  concerning  such  alien  woman  or  girl  with  the  Commissioner-General 
of  Immigration,  or  who  shall  knowingly  and  willfully  state  falsely  or  fail  to  dis- 
close in  such  statement  any  fact  within  his  knowledge  or  belief  with  reference 
to  the  age,  nationality,  or  parentage  of  any  such  alien  woman  or  girl,  or  con- 
cerning her  procuration  to  come  to  this  country,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
two  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  th  -  court. 

In  any  prosecution  brought  under  this  section,  if  it  appear  that  any  such 
statement  required  is  not  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Commissioner-General  of 
Immigration,  the  person  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  file  such  statement  shall  be 
presumed  to  have  failed  to  file  said  statement,  a«  herein  required,  unless  such 
person  or  persons  shall  prove  otherwise.  No  person  shall  be  excused  from 
furnishing  the  statement,  as  required  by  this  section,  on  the  ground  or  for  the 
reason  that  the  statement  so  required  by  him,  or  the  information  therein  con- 
tained, might  tend  to  criminate  him  or  subject  him  to  a  penalty  or  forfeiture, 
but  no  person  shall  be  prosecuted  or  subjected  to  any  penalty  or  forfeiture 
under  any  law  of  the  United  States  for  or  on  account  of  any  transaction, -matter, 
or  thing,  concerning  which  he  may  truthfully  report  in  such  statement,  as  re- 
quired by  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  ternl  "  Territory/'  as  used  in  this  Act,  shall  include  the 
district  of  Alaska,  the  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States,  and  the  Canal 
/one.  The  word  "  person,"  as  used  in  this  Act,  shall  be  construed  to  import 
both  the  plural  and  the  singular,  us  the  case  demands,  and  shall  include  cor- 
porations, companies,  societies,  and  associations.  When  construing  and  en- 
forcing the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the  net,  omission,  or  failure  of  any  officer, 
agent,  or  other  person,  acting  for  or  employed  by  any  other  person  or  by  any 
corporation,  company,  society,  or  association  within  the  scope  of  his  employ- 
ment or  office,  shall  in  every  case  be  also  deemed  to  be  the  act,  omission,  or 
failure  of  such  other  person,  or  of  such  company,  corporation,  society,  or  asso- 
ciation, as  well  as  that  of  the  person  himself. 

SEC.  8.  That  this  Act  shall  be  known  and  referred  to  as  the  "  White-slave 
traffic  Act." 

Approved,  June  25,  1910.     [36  Stat.,  825.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  namely : 

******* 

THE    ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide 
for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 


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oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  acts 
amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto. 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  em- 
ployees in  the  United  States,  one  hundred  and  forty  thousand  dollars. 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in  the 
United  States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  text-books  and  books  of  refer- 
ence, one  thousand  dollars,  and  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department  for  extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  of  the  Isthmian  Canal, 
one  thousand  dollars),  seventy  thousand  dollars. 

Third.  For  pay  of  members  of  the  commission  and  officers  and  employees  on 
the  Isthmus,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers, 
superintendents,  instrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  time- 
keepers, mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  quartermasters,  clerks,  account- 
ants, stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subfore- 
men,  wagon  masters,  watchmen  and  stewards,  including  those  temporarily  de- 
tailed for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  in  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of 
accounts,  three  million  nine  hundred  thousand  dollars :  Provided,  That  not  more 
than  five  thousand  dollars  of  this  appropriation  shall  be  paid  as  compensation 
to  the  secretary  of  the  commission. 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers;  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  thirteen  million 
five  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Fifth.  For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies  and  equipment,  includ- 
ing cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident  thereto, 
whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in  the 
United  States  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  fifteen 
million  dollars. 

Sixth.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery 
and  printing,  local  railway  transportation,  special  trains,  including  pay-train 
service ;  transportation  of  currency  to  the  Isthmus,  recruiting  and  transporting 
laborers,  transporting  employees  from  the  United  States,  repatriating  laborers 
and  employees,  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  on  the  Isthmus  on 
official  business ;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  esti- 
mates for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus  and  all  other  incidental  and  contingent 
expenses  not  otherwise  provided  for,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of 
accounts,  nine  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Seventh.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  foremen,  subfore- 
men,  watchmen,  messengers,  and  storekeepers,  of  the  department  of  civil  admin- 
istration, including  those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away 
from  the  Isthmus,  six  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Eighth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  for  the  department  of  civil  adminis- 
tration, twenty  thousand  dollars. 

Ninth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, and  contingent  expenses  of  the  department  of  civil  administration,  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Tenth.  For  survey  of  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone,  seventy-five  thousand  dollars. 

Eleventh.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  hospital  dispensers, 
internes,  nurses,  attendants,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen,  and  subfwremen, 
watchmen,  and  stewards,  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  includ- 
ing those  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  six  hundred 
thousand  dollars.' 

Twelfth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  of  every  grade  and  kind,  for  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 


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• 

Thirteenth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of 
buildings,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the 
Isthmus,  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Fourteenth.  For  the  payment  of  the  cost  of  relocating  the  Panama  Railroad, 
including  salaries,  wages/  material,  and  supplies,  and  all  other  expenses  incident 
thereto,  two  million  dollars. 

In  all,  thirty -seven  million  eight  hundred  and  fifty-five  thousand  dollars,  the 
same  to  be  available  until  expended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the 
appropriations  herein  and  hereafter  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  paid 
from,  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  act  approved  June 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section  thirty-nine  of  the  tariff 
act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing  amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably 
for  expenditure  on  objects  named ;  but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be 
added  to  any  one  item  of  the  appropriation. 

No  part  of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be 
applied  to  the  payment  of  allowances  for  longevity  service,  or  lay-over  days 
other  than  such  as  may  have  accumulated  under  existing  orders  of  the  commis- 
sion, prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

SEC.  2.  The  foregoing  appropriations  shall  be  available  to  reimburse  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  for  marine  losses  and  for  losses  due  to  destruction 
of  or  damage  to  its  plant,  equipment,  or  commissary  supplies  by  fire :  Provided, 
That  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  carry  no  insurance  against  loss 
from  causes  covered  by  this  appropriation :  Provided,  further,  That  hereafter 
payment  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  the  United  States,  in  accordance 
with  the  treaty  with  Panama,  of  the  annual  subsidy  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  as  provided  by  the  concession  granted  by  the  United  States 
of  Colombia,  shall  not  be  required. 

SEC.  3.  All  funds  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  from  rentals 
of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama  and 
Colon,  and  from  the  zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and  fines,  and 
collected  or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  as  follows:  The  revenues  derived  from 
the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service ;  the  remaining  revenues, 
after  setting  aside  a  miscellaneous  and  contingent  fund  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 
to  the  maintenance  of  the  public-school  system  in  the  zone ;  to  the  construction 
and  maintenance  of  public  improvements  within  the  zone;  to  the  maintenance 
of  the  administrative  districts;  to  the  maintenance  of  Canal  Zone  charity 
patients  in  the  hospitals  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the  mainte- 
nance of  administrative  district  prisoners.  A  detailed  and  classified  statement 
of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items  under  this 
paragraph,  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  eleven. 

SEC.  4.  All  funds  reaUzed  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven 
by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  the  performance  of  services  by  the 
commission,  or  from  rentals,  or  from  the  sale  of  materials  and  supplies  under 
the  custody  or  control  of  the  commission,  are  appropriated  for  expenditure 
under  any  of  the  foregoing  classified  appropriations  for  the  department  of  con- 
struction and  engineering,  and  a  full  and  separate  report  in  detail  of  all  trans- 
actions hereunder  shall  be  made  to  Congress. 

SEC.  5.  Hereafter  there  shall  be  submitted  under  each  item  of  appropriation, 
proposed  in  the  annual  estimates  for  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  notes 
giving  in  parallel  columns  information  which  will  show  the  number,  by  grade 
or  classes,  of  officers,  employees,  and  skilled  and  unskilled  laborers  proposed  to 
be  paid  under  each  of  said  appropriations  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year  and  those 
being  paid  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  next  preceding  the  period  when  said 
estimates  are  prepared  and  submitted ;  also,  in  connection  with  each  item  for 
material  and  miscellaneous  purposes  other  than  salaries  or  pay  for  personal 
services,  the  amounts  actually  expended  or  obligated  for  like  purposes  during 
the  entire  fiscal  year  next  preceding  the  preparation  and  submission  of  said 
estimates. 

SEC.  6.  Hereafter  the  statement  of  the  proceeds  of  all  sales  of  old  material, 
condemned  stores,  supplies,  or  other  public  property  of  any  kind  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  Congress  at  the  beginning  of  each  regular  session  thereof  as  a  sepa- 


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rate  communication  and  shall  not  hereafter  be  included  in  the  annual  Book  of. 
Estimates. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

SEC.  10.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

Approved,  June  25,  1910.     [36  Stat,  771.] 


Joint  Resolution  Authorizing  The  President  to  invite  foreign  countries  to  participate  in  the 
Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  in  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  whenever  it  shall  be  shown  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  President  of  the  United  States  that  a  suitable  site  has  been  se- 
lected, and  that  the  sum  of  not  less  than  fifteen  million  dollars  will  be  available 
to  enable  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  Company,  a  corporation 
organized  and  existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
California,  for  the  purpose  of  inaugurating,  carrying  forward,  and  hold- 
ing an  exposition  at  the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco,  California, 
on  or  about  the  first  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  to 
celebrate  the  completion  and  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  also  the  four 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  the  President  of 
the  United  States  be,  and  he  hereby  is,  authorized  and  respectfully  requested, 
by  proclamation  or  in  such  manner  as  he  may  deem  proper,  to  invite  all  foreign 
countries  and  nations  to  such  proposed  exposition,  with  a  request  that  they 
participate  therein. 

Approved,  February  15,  1911.     [36  Stat.,  1454.] 


An  Act  To  restrain  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  from  receiving  bonds  issued  to  provide 
money  for  the  building  of  the  Panama  Canal  as  security  for  the  issue  of  circulating 
notes  to  national  banks,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  insert  in  the  bonds  to  be  issued  by  him 
under  section  thirty-nine  of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  revenue,  equal- 
ize duties,  and  encourage  the  industries  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  a  provision  that  such 
bonds  shall  not  be  receivable  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  as  security 
for  the  issue  of  circulating  notes  to  national  banks ;  and  the  bonds  containing 
such  provision  shall  not  be  receivable  for-  that  purpose. 

Approved,  March  2,  1911.     [36  Stat.,  1013.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and   Consular   Service  for  the  fisca 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the> 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  anc 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  anc 
twelve,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


RELIEF    AND    PROTECTION    OF    AMERICAN     SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship 
wrecked  American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  thirty  thousaiu 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary. 

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FOREIGN    HOSPITALS    IX    PANAMA. 

Annual  contributions  toward  the  support  of  the  foreign  hospitals  at  Panama, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  State  upon  the  assurance 
that  suffering  seamen  and  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  of  said  hospitals. 

******* 

Approved.  March  3,  1911.     [36  Stat,  1036.] 


An   Act   Making   appropriations   for   the   naval   service   for   the   fiscal  year  ending   June 
thirtieth,   nineteen  hundred   and  twelve,   and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  for  other  purposes. 
*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

By  a  joint  resolution  of  Congress  the  President  of  the  United  States  has  been 
authorized  and  respectfully  requested,  by  a  proclamation  or  in  such  manner  as 
he  may  deem  proper,  to  invite  all  foreign  countries  and  nations  to  attend  and 
participate  in  an  exposition  at  the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco,  California, 
on  or  about  the  first  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  to  celebrate 
the  completion  and  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  also  the  four  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

The  President  is  further  authorized  and  respectfully  requested,  in  extending 
his  invitation  to  the  foreign  nations  in  pursuance  of  the  aforesaid  joint  resolu 
tion  of  Congress,  to  invite  their  representatives  and  their  fleets  to  assemble  at 
Hampton  Roads,  Virginia,  and  from  thence  come  to  the  city  of  Washington, 
there  to  be  formally  welcomed  by  the  President;  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
ceremonies  at  Washington,  the  President  is  requested  to  proceed  to  Hampton 
Roads  and  there  review  the  assembled  fleets  as  they  start  on  their  voyage  to 
the  city  of  San  Francisco. 

Approved,  March  4,  1911.     [36  Stat.,  1289.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  namely : 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

THE   ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two, 
and  Acts  amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto : 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  employ- 
ees in  the  United  States,  one  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in  the 
United  States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  textbooks  and  books  of  refer- 
ence, one  thousand  dollars,  and  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department  for  extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
one  thousand  dollars),  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Third.  For  pay  of  members  of  the  commission  and  officers  and  employees  on 
the  Isthmus,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers, 
superintendents,  instrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  time- 


60       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

keepers,  mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  quartermasters,  clerks,  account- 
ants, stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subfore- 
men,  wagon  masters,  watchmen,  and  stewards,  including  those  temporarily 
detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  in  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  ac- 
counts, three  million  nine  hundred  thousand  dollars:  Provided,  That  not  more 
than  five  thousand  dollars  of  this  appropriation  shall  be  paid  as  compensation 
to  the  secretary  of  the  commission. 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers ;  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  six- 
teen million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Fifth.  For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment,  includ- 
ing cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident  thereto, 
whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United 
States  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construction  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  quar- 
termaster's, subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  nineteen 
million  dollars. 

Sixth.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery 
find  printing,  local  railway  transportation,  special  trains,  including  pay-train 
service ;  transportation"  of  currency  to  the  Isthmus,  recruiting  and  transporting 
laborers,  transporting  employees  from  the  United  States,  repatriating  laborers 
and  employees,  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  on  the  Isthmus  on 
official  business ;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  esti- 
mates for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus,  and  all  other  incidental  and  contingent 
expenses  not  otherwise  provided  for,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of 
accounts,  nine  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Seventh.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  foremen,  subfore- 
men,  watchmen,  messengers,  and  storekeepers,  of  the  department  of  civil  admin- 
istration, including  those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away 
from  the  Isthmus,  five  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars ; 

Eighth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  for  the  department  of  civil  adminis- 
tration, twenty  thousand  dollars; 

Ninth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, and  contingent  expenses  of  the  department  of  civil  administration,  includ- 
ing not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  for  law  books,  one  hundred  and  ten 
thousand  dollars; 

Tenth.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  hospital  dispensers, 
internes,  nurses,  attendants,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen, 
watchmen,  and  stewards,  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  in- 
cluding those  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  six  hundred 
thousand  dollars; 

Eleventh.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  of  every  grade  and  kind,  for  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars ; 

Twelfth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, medical  aid  and  support  of  the  insane,  and  of  indigent  persons  permanently 
disabled,  while  in  the  line  of  duty  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  from  earning  a  livelihood,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  depart- 
ment of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Thirteenth.  For  the  payment  of  the  cost  of  relocating  the  Panama  Railroad, 
including  salaries,  wages,  material,  and  supplies,  and  all  other  expenses  inci- 
dent thereto,  two  million  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

In  all,  forty-five  million  five  hundred  and  sixty  thousand  dollars,  the  same  to 
be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended:  Provided, 
That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropriations  heretofore,  herein,  and  hereafter 
made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal,  exclusive  of  fortifications,  shall  be  paid  from, 
or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June  twenty- 
eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section  thirty-nine  of  the  tariff  Act  ap- 
proved August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten.1 

1  Should  be  "nineteen  hundred  and  nine". 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       61 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and  unfore- 
seen at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  Act,  there  shall  not  be  employed  at  any 
time  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  under  any  of  the  fore- 
going appropriations  for  the  Isthmian  Canal,  any  greater  number  of  persons 
than  are  specified  in  the  notes  submitted  respectively  in  connection  with  the 
estimates  for  each  of  said  appropriations  in  the  annual  book  of  estimates  for 
said  year,  nor  shall  there  be  paid  to  any  of  such  persons  during  that  fiscal 
year  any  greater  rate  of  compensation  than  was  authorized  to  be  paid  to  per- 
sons occupying  the  same  or  like  positions  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen 
hundred  and  ten,  and  all  employments  made  or  compensation  increased  because 
of  emergencies  or  conditions  so  arising  shall  be  specifically  set  forth,  with  the 
reasons  therefor,  by  the  chairman  of  the  commission  in  his  report  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

Ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing  amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably 
for  expenditure  on  objects  named ;  but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be 
added  to  any  one  item  of  the  appropriation. 

No  part  of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  ap- 
plied to  the  payment  of  allowances  for  longevity  service,  or  lay-over  days  other 
than  such  as  may  have  accumulated  under  existing  orders  of  the  commission, 
prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

FORTIFICATIONS,   ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

For  construction  of  seacoast  batteries  on  the  Canal  Zone,  two  million  dollars. 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture  and  test  of  seacoast  cannon  for  coast  defense, 
including  their  carriages,  sights,  implements,  equipments,  and  the  machinery 
necessary  for  the  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  to  cost  ultimately  not  to  exceed 
one  million  nine  hundred  and  sixty-six  thousand  dollars,  one  million  dollars, 
the  same  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended. 

SEC.  2.  Hereafter  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  carry  no  insurance 
to  cover  marine  or  fire  losses,  nor  make  any  further  payment  on  the  principal 
or  interest  on  notes  heretofore  given  by  it  to  the  United  States  for  moneys  ap- 
propriated for  its  use. 

SEC.  3.  All  funds  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  from  rentals 
of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama  and 
Colon,  and  from  the  zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and  fines,  and  col- 
lected or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of  the  government 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  as  follows :  The  revenues  derived  from  the  postal 
service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service;  the  remaining  revenues,  including 
any  balances  unexpended  in  prior  years,  after  setting  aside  a  miscellaneous 
and  contingent  fund  of  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars,  to  the  maintenance 
of  the  public-school  system  in  the  zone;  to  the  construction  and  maintenance 
of  public  .improvements  within  the  zone ;  to  the  maintenance  of  the  administra- 
tive districts;  to  the  maintenance  of  Canal  Zone  charity  patients  in  the  hos- 
pitals of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the  maintenance  of  adminis- 
trative district  prisoners.  A  detailed  and  classified  statement  of  all  receipts 
and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items  under  this  paragraph  shall 
be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
twelve. 

SEC.  4.  All  funds  realized  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve 
by  fhe  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  the  performance  of  services  by  the 
commission,  or  from  rentals,  or  from  the  sale  of  materials  and  supplies  under 
the  custody  or  control  of  the  commission,  are  appropriated  for  expenditure 
under  any  of  the  foregoing  classified  appropriations  for  the  department  of  con- 
struction and  engineering ;  and  a  full  and  separate  report  in  detail  of  all  trans- 
actions under  this  section  shall  be  made  to  Congress. 

That  until  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  when  any 
material,  supplies,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or  acquired 
for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  is  no  longer  needed,  or  is  no  longer 
serviceable,  it  may  be  sold  in  such  manner  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  direct, 
and  without  advertising  in  such  classes  of  cases  as  may  be  authorized  by  him. 

SEC.  5.  That  hereafter  the  Act  granting  to  certain  employees  of  the  United 
States  the  right  to  receive  from  it  compensation  for  injuries  sustained  in  the 
course  of  their  employment  shall  apply  to  all  employees  under  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  when  injured  in  the  course  of  their  employment ;  and  claims 


62        TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

for  compensation  on  account  of  injury  or  death  resulting  from  an  accident  oc- 
curring hereafter  shall  be  settled  by  the  chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, who  shall,  as  to  such  claims  and  under  such  regulations  as  he  may  pre- 
scribe, perform  all  the  duties  now  devolving  upon  the  Secretary  of  Commerce 
and  Labor :  Provided,  That  when  an  injury  results  in  death,  claim  for  compen- 
sation on  account  thereof  shall  be  filed  within  one  year  after  such  death. 

SEC.  6.  Hereafter  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  not  be  required  to  give 
bond,  either  with  or  without  surety,  in  contracts  which  it  may  make  to  furnish 
services,  materials,  or  supplies  to  the  Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps,  or  other  de- 
partments of  the  Government,  and  such  contracts  may  be  made  for  periods  less 
than  one  year,  as  may  be  agreed  on,  and  formal  contracts  in  writing  shall  not 
be  required  unless  agreed  on. 

SEC.  7.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and  em- 
ployees of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

Approved,  March  4,  1911.     [36  Stat,  1449.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular   Service  for   the  fiscal 
year   ending  June   thirtieth,   nineteen   hundred   and   thirteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Con- 
sular Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirteen,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 


RELIEF  AND  PROTECTION   OF  AMERICAN   SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  twenty  thou- 
sand dollars. 

*  *  *  *  *  »  * 

Approved,  April  30,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  104.] 


An  Act  Limiting  the  hours  of  daily  service  of  laborers  and  mechanics  employed  upon 
work  done  for  the  United  States,  or  for  any  Territory,  or  for  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembed,  That  every  contract  hereafter  made  to  which 
the  United  States,  any  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  is  a  party,  and 
every  such  contract  made  for  or  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  or  any  Terri- 
tory, or  said  District,  which  may  require  or  involve  the  employment  of  laborers 
or  mechanics  shall  contain  a  provision  that  no  laborer  or  mechanic  doing  any 
part  of  the  work  contemplated  by  the  contract,  in  the  employ  of  the  contractor 
or  any  subcontractor  contracting  for  any  part  of  said  work  contemplated,  shall 
be  required  or  permitted  to  work  more  than  eight  hours  in  any  one  calendar  day 
upon  such  work ;  and  every  such  contract  shall  stipulate  a  penalty  for  each  vio- 
lation of  such  provision  in  such  contract  of  five  dollars  for  each  laborer  or  me- 
chanic for  every  calendar  day  in  which  he  shall  be  required  or  permitted  to 
labor  more  than  eight  hours  upon  said  wrork;  and  any  officer  or  person  desig- 
nated as  inspector  of  the  work  to  be  performed  under  any  such  contract,  or  to 
aid  in  enforcing  the  fulfillment  thereof,  shall,  upon  observation  or  investiga- 
tion, forthwith  report  to  the  proper  officer  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  Terri- 
tory, or  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  all  violations  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act 
directed  to  be  made  in  every  such  contract,  together  with  the  name  of  each 
laborer  or  mechanic  who  has  been  required  or  permitted  to  labor  in  violation  of 
such  stipulation  and  the  day  of  such  violation,  and  the  amount  of  the  penalties 
imposed  according  to  the  stipulation  in  any  such  contract  shall  be  directed  to  be 
withheld  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  United  States,  the  District  of  Columbia, 


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>r  the  Territory  contracting  by  the  officer  or  person  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
approve  the  payment  of  the  moneys  due  under  such  contract,  whether  the  vio- 
j.ation  of  the  provisions  of  such  contract  is  by  the  contractor  or  any  subcon- 
jiractor.  Any  contractor  or  subcontractor  aggrieved  by  the  withholding  of  any 
Denalty  as  hereinbefore  provided  shall  have  the  right  within  six  months  there- 
ifter  to  appeal  to  the  head  of  the  department  making  the  contract  on  behalf  of 
-be  United  States  or  the  Territory,  and  in  the  case  of  a  contract  made  by  the 
(District  of  Columbia  to  the  Commissioners  thereof,  who  shall  have  power  to  re- 
iview  the  action  imposing  the  penalty,  and  in  all  such  appeals  from  such  final 
'Drder  whereby  a  contractor  or  subcontractor  may  be  aggrieved  by  the  imposi- 
tion of  the  penalty  hereinbefore  provided  such  contractor  or  subcontractor  may 
iwithin  six  months  after  decision  by  such  head  of  a  department  or  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  District  of  Columbia  file  a  claim  in  the  Court  of  Claims,  which 
shall  have  jurisdiction  to  hear  and  decide  the  matter  in  like  manner  as  in  other 
?ases  before  said  court. 

SEC.  2.  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  apply  to  contracts  for  transportation 
by  land  or  water,  or  for  the  transmission  of  intelligence,  or  for  the  purchase 
of  supplies  by  the  Government,  whether  manufactured  to  conform  to  particular 
specifications  or  not,  or  for  such  materials  or  articles  as  may  usually  be  bought 
in  open  market,  except  armor  and  armor  plate,  whether  made  to  conform  to 
particular  specifications  or  not,  or  to  the  construction  or  repair  of  levees  or 
revetments  necessary  for  protection  against  floods  or  overflows  on  the  navigable 
waters  of  the  United  States:  Provided,  That  all  classes  of  work  which  have 
been,  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be  performed  by  the  Government  shall,  when 
done  by  contract,  by  individuals,  firms,  or  corporations  for  or  on  behalf  of  the 
United  States  or  any  of  the  Territories  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  be  per- 
formed in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  Act. 
The  President,  by  Executive  order,  may  waive  the  provisions  and  stipulations 
in  this  Act  as  to  any  specific  contract  or  contracts  during  time  of  war  or  a 
time  when  war  is  imminent,  and  until  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  as  to  any  contract  or  contracts  entered  into  in  connection  with  the 
construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal.  No  penalties  shall  be  imposed  for  any 
violation  of  such  provision  in  such  contract  due  to  any  extraordinary  events  or 
conditions  of  manufacture,  or  to  any  emergency  caused  by  fire,  famine,  or  flood, 
by  danger  to  life  or  to  property,  or  by  other  extraordinary  event  or  condition 
on  account  of  which  the  President  shall  subsequently  declare  the  violation  to 
have  been  excusable.  Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  repeal  or 
modify  the  Act  entitled  "An  'Act  relating  to  the  limitation  of  the  hours  of  daily 
service  of  laborers  and  mechanics  employed  upon  the  public  works  of  the 
United  States  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  "  being  chapter  three  hundred 
and  fifty-two  of  the  laws  of  the  Fifty-second  Congress,  approved  August  first, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-two,  as  modified  by  the  Acts  of  Congress  approved 
February  twenty-seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  and  June  thirtieth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  six,  or  apply  to  contracts  which  have  been  or  may  be  entered 
into  under  the  provisions  of  appropriation  Acts  approved  prior  to  the  passage 
of  this  Act. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  Act  shall  become  effective  and  be  in  force  on  and  after 
January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen. 

Approved,  June  19,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  137.] 


Joint  Resolution   Extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary  operations  of  the  Govern- 
ment under  certain  contingencies. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  all  appropriations  for  the  necessary  opera- 
tions of  the  Government,  and  for  the  payment  of  pensions  under  existing  laws, 
which  shall  remain  unprovided  for  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  twelve,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  continued  and  made  available  for 
and  during  the  month  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  unless  the  regular 
appropriations  provided  therefor  in  bills  now  pending  in  Congress  shall  have 
been  previously  made  for  the  service  of  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen :  and  a  sufficient  amount  is  hereby  appropriated, 
out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  carry  on  the 
same :  Provided,  That  no  greater  amount  shall  be  expended  for  such  operations 
than  as  the  sum  of  one-twelfth  of  the  appropriations  made  for  the  fiscal  year 


64       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING   TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

nineteen  hundred  and  twelve  bears  to  the  whole  of  the  appropriations  of  said 
fiscal  year :  Provided  further,  That  the  total  expenditures  for  the  whole  of  the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen  under  the  several  appropriations 
hereby  continued,  and  under  the  several  appropriation  bills  now  pending,  shall 
not  exceed  in  the  aggregate  the  amounts  finally  appropriated  therefor  in  the 
several  bills  now  pending,  except  in  cases  where  a  change  is  made  in  the  annual, 
monthly,  or  per  diem  compensation  or  in  the  numbers  of  officers,  clerks,  or  other 
persons  authorized  to  be  employed  by  the  several  appropriations  hereby  con- 
tinued, in  which  cases  the  amounts  authorized  to  be  expended  shall  equal  one- 
twelfth  of  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve, 
and  eleven-twelfths  of  the  appropriations  contained  in  the  several  bills  now 
pending  when  the  same  shall  have  been  finally  passed,  unless  the  salary  or 
compensation  of  any  office  shall  be  increased  or  diminished  without  changing 
the  grade  or  the  duties  thereof,  in  which  case  such  salary  or  compensation  shall 
relate  to  the  entire  fiscal  year  and  run  from  the  beginning  thereof:  And  pro- 
vided further,  That  the  session  employees  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives now  authorized  by  law  shall  be  continued  upon  the  rolls  until  the 
end  of  the  present  session  of  Congress  and  paid  at  the  rate  per  diem  or  month 
at  which  they  are  now  paid ;  and  a  sufficient  amount  is  hereby  appropriated  out 
of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  to  pay  the  same. 

This  joint  resolution  shall  be  construed  as  authorizing  the  continuance  of  the 
salaries  and  other  expenses  under  the  organization  of  the  Bureau  of  the  Census 
of  the  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor  as  the  latter  existed  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  for  the  period  of  time  and  under  the  conditions 
provided  herein  for  all  other  branches  of  the  public  service. 

Approved,  July  1,  1912.     [36  Stat.,  638.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  the  heirs  of  Robert  S.  Gill. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  the  heirs  of  Robert  S.  Gill,  of 
Memphis,  Tennessee,  out  of  any  funds  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  and  twenty  dollars,  to 
compensate  them  for  injuries  received  by  Robert  S.  Gill  while  in  the  employ  of 
the  Government  on  the  Panama  Canal. 

Approved,  July  3,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  1239.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  Douglas  B.  Thompson. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  pay,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  to  Douglas  B. 
Thompson,  late  an  employee  in  the  service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
for  the  loss  of  a  leg  and  consequent  physical  disability  incident  to  said  service. 

Approved,  July  3,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  1239.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  Alessandro  Comba. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  Alessandro  Comba  the  sum  of 
five  hundred  dollars,  on  account  of  injuries  received  while  in  the  employ  of 
the  United  States  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  on  the  twenty-first  day  of  September, 
nineteen  hundred  and  seven. 

SEC.  2.  That  there  be,  and  there  is  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  for 
the  purposes  of  this  Act. 

Approved,  July  10,  1912,     [37  Stat.,  1261.] 


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Joint  Resolution  To  continue  the  provisions  of  a  Joint  resolution  approved  July  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  entitled  "  Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for 
the  necessary  operations  of  the  Government  under  certain  contingencies." 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  en- 
titled "  Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary  operations 
of  the  Government  under  certain  contingencies,"  approved  July  first,  .nineteen 
hundred  and  twelve,  be,  and  the  same  are,  extended  and  continued  in  full  force 
and  effect  for  and  during  the  first  half  of  the  month  of  August,  nineteen  hundred 
and  twelve. 

Approved,  August  1,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  640.] 


An  Act  To  regulate  radio  communication. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  a  person,  company,  or  corporation 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  shall  not  use  or  operate  any  appa- 
ratus for  radio  communication  as  a  means  of  commercial  intercourse  among  the 
several  States,  or  with  foreign  nations,  or  upon  any  vessel  of  the  United  States 
engaged  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or  for  the  transmission  of  radio- 
grams or  signals  the  effect  of  which  extends  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  State 
or  Territory  in  which  the  same  are  made,  or  where  interference  would  be 
caused  thereby  with  the  receipt  of  messages  or  signals  from  beyond  the  juris- 
diction of  the  said  State  or  Territory,  except  under  and  in  accordance  with  a 
license,  revocable  for  cause,  in  that  behalf  granted  by  the  Secretary  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor  upon  application  therefor;  but  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be 
construed  to  apply  to  the  transmission  and  exchange  of  radiograms  or  signals 
between  points  situated  in  the  same  State:  Provided,  That  the  effect  thereof 
shall  not  extend  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  said  State  or  interfere  with  the 
reception  of  radiograms  or  signals  from  beyond  said  jurisdiction ;  and  a  license 
shall  not  be  required  for  the  transmission  or  exchange  of  radiograms  or  signals 
by  or  on  behalf  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  but  every  Government 
station  on  land  or  sea  shall  have  special  call  letters  designated  and  published 
in  the  list  of  radio  stations  of  the  United  States  by  the  Department  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor.  Any  person,  company,  or  corporation  that  shall  use  or  op- 
erate any  apparatus  for  radio  communication  in  violation  of  this  section,  or 
knowingly  aid  or  abet  another  person,  company,  or  corporation  in  so  doing, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  and  the  apparatus  or 
device  so  unlawfully  used  and  operated  may  be  adjudged  forfeited  to  the  United 
States. 

SEC.  2.  That  every  such  license  shall  be  in  such  form  as  the  Secretary  of 
Commerce  and  Labor  shall  determine  and  shall  contain  the  restrictions,  pur- 
suant to  this  Act,  on  and  subject  to  which  the  license  is  granted ;  that  every 
such  license  shall  be  issued  only  to  citizens  of  the  United  States  or  Porto  Rico 
or  to  a  company  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  some  State  or  Territory  or  of 
the  United  States  or  Porto  Rico,  and  shall  specify  the  ownership  and  location 
of  the  station  in  which  said  apparatus  shall  be  used  and  other  particulars  for 
its  identification  and  to  enable  its  range  to  be  estimated;  shall  state  the  pur- 
pose of  the  station,  and,  in  case  of  a  station  in  actual  operation  at  the  date 
of  passage  of  this  Act,  shall  contain  the  statement  that  satisfactory  proof  has 
been  furnished  that  it  was  actually  operating  on  the  above-mentioned  date; 
shall  state  the  wave  length  or  the  wave  lengths  authorized  for  use  by  the  sta- 
tion for  the  prevention  of  interference  and  the  hours  for  which  the  station  is 
licensed  for  work ;  and  shall  not  be  construed  to  authorize  the  use  of  any  ap- 
paratus for  radio  communication  in  any  other  station  than  that  specified.  Every 
such  license  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulations  contained  herein,  and  such  regu- 
lations as  may  be  established  from  time  to  time  by  authority  of  this  Act  or 
subsequent  Acts  and  treaties  of  the  United  States.  Every  such  license  shall 
provide  that  the  President  of  the  United  States  in  time  of  war  or  public  peril 
or  disaster  may  cause  the  closing  of  any  station  for  radio  communication  and 
the  removal  therefrom  of  all  radio  apparatus,  or  may  authorize  the  use  or 
control  of  any  such  station  or  apparatus  by  any  department  of  the  Government, 
upon  just  compensation  to  the  owners. 

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SEC.  3.  That  every  such  apparatus  shall  at  all  times  while  in  use  and 
operation  as  aforesaid  be  in  charge  or  under  the  supervision  of  a  person  or 
persons  licensed  for  that  purpose  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor. 
Every  person  so  licensed  who  in  the  operation  of  any  radio  apparatus  shall 
fail  to  observe  and  obey  regulations  contained  in  or  made  pursuant  to  this 
Act  or  subsequent  Acts  or  treaties  of  the  United  States,  or  any  one  of  them, 
or  who  shall  fail  to  enforce  obedience  thereto  by  an  unlicensed  person  while 
serving  under  his  supervision,  in  addition  to  the  punishments  and  penalties 
herein  prescribed,  may  suffer  the  suspension  of  the  said  license  for  a  period 
to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  not  exceeding  one  year. 
It  shall  be  unlawful  to  employ  any  unlicensed  person  or  for  any  unlicensed 
person  to  serve  in  charge  or  in  supervision  of  the  use  and  operation  of  such 
apparatus,  and  any  person  violating  this  provision  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  two  months,  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  for  each  and  every  such  offense :  Provided,  That 
in  case  of  emergency  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  may  authorize  a 
collector  of  customs  to  issue  a  temporary  permit,  in  lieu  of  a  license,  to  the 
operator  on  a  vessel  subject  to  the  radio  ship  Act  of  June  twenty-fourth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  ten. 

SEC.  4.  That  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  or  minimizing  interference  with 
communication  between  stations  in  which  such  apparatus  is  operated,  to 
facilitate  radio  communication,  and  to  further  the  prompt  receipt  of  distress 
signals,  said  private  and  commercial  stations  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulations 
of  this  section.  These  regulations  shall  be  enforced  by  the  Secretary  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor  through  the  collectors  of  customs  and  other  officers  of  the 
Government  as  other  regulations  herein  provided  for. 

The  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  may,  in  his  discretion,  waive  the  pro- 
visions of  any  or  all  of  these  regulations  when  no  interference  of  the  character 
above  mentioned  can  ensue. 

The  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  may  grant  special  temporary  licenses 
to  stations  actually  engaged  in  conducting  experiments  for  the  development  of 
the  science  of  radio  communication,  or  the  apparatus  pertaining  thereto,  to 
carry  on  special  tests,  using  any  amount  of  power  or  any  wave  lengths,  at 
such  hours  and  under  such  conditions  as  will  insure  the  least  interference  with 
the  sending  or  receipt  of  commercial  or  Government  radiograms,  of  distress 
signals  and  radiograms,  or  with  the  work  of  other  stations. 

In  these  regulations  the  naval  and  military  stations  shall  be  understood  to 
be  stations  on  land. 

REGULATIONS. 

NORMAL  WAVE  LENGTH. 

First.  Every  station  shall  be  required  to  designate  a  certain  definite  wave 
length  as  the  normal  sending  and  receiving  wave  length  of  the  station.  This 
wave  length  shall  not  exceed  six  hundred  meters  or  it  shall  exceed  one  thousand 
six  hundred  meters.  Every  coastal  station  open  to  general  public  service 
shall  at  all  times  be  ready  to  receive  messages  of  such  wave  lengths  as  are 
required  by  the  Berlin  convention.  Every  ship  station,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided,  and  every  coast  station  open  to  general  public  service  shall  be  pre- 
pared to  use  two  sending  wave  lengths,  one  of  three  hundred  meters  and  one  of 
six  hundred  meters,  as  required  by  the  international  convention  in  force: 
Provided,  That  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  may,  in  his  discretion, 
change  the  limit  of  wave  length  reservation  made  by  regulations  first  and 
second  to  accord  with  any  international  agreement  to  which  the  United  States 
is  a  party. 

OTHER    WAVE    LENGTHS. 

Second.  In  addition  to  the  normal  sending  wave  length  all  stations,  except 
as  provided  hereinafter  in  these  regulations,  may  use  other  sending  wave 
lengths:  Provided,  That  theyvdo  not  exceed  six  hundred  meters  or  that  they  do 
exceed  one  thousand  six  hundred  meters :  Provided  further,  That  the  character 
of  the  waves  emitted  conforms  to  the  requirements  of  regulations  third  and 
fourth  following. 

USE   OF    A    "  PURE    WAVE." 

Third.  At  all  stations  if  the  sending  apparatus,  to  be  referred  to  hereinafter 
as  the  "  transmitter,"  is  of  such  a  character  that  the  energy  is  radiated  in 
two  or  more  wave  lengths,  more  or  less  sharply  defined,  as  indicated  by  a 


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sensitive  wave  meter,  the  energy  in  no  one  of  the  lesser  waves  shall  exceed  ten 
per  centum  of  that  in  the  greatest. 

USE   OF   A    "  SHARP    WAVE." 

Fourth.  At  all  stations  the  logarithmic  decrement  per  complete  oscillation  in 
the  wave  trains  emitted  by  the  transmitter  shall  not  exceed  two-tenths,  except 
when  sending  distress  signals  or  signals  and  messages  relating  thereto. 

USE   OF   "  STANDARD   DISTRESS    WAVE." 

Fifth.  Every  station  on  shipboard  shall  be  prepared  to  send  distress  calls  on 
the  normal  wave  length  designated  by  the  international  convention  in  force, 
except  on  vessels  of  small  tonnage  unable  to  have  plants  insuring  that  wave 
length. 

SIGNAL   OF   DISTRESS. 

Sixth.  The  distress  call  used  shall  be  the  international  signal  of  distress 

USE  OF  "BROAD  INTERFERING  WAVE"  FOR  DISTRESS  SIGNALS. 

Seventh.  When  sending  distress  signals,  the  transmitter  of  a  station  on  ship- 
board may  be  tuned  in  such  a  manner  as  to  create  a  maximum  of  interference 
with  a  maximum  of  radiation. 

DISTANCE   REQUIREMENT   FOR   DISTRESS    SIGNALS. 

Eighth.  Every  station  on  shipboard,  wherever  practicable,  shall  be  prepared 
to  send  distress  signals  of  the  character  specified  in  regulations  fifth  and  sixtb 
with  sufficient  power  to  enable  them  to  be  received  by  day  over  sea  a  distance  of 
one  hundred  nautical  miles  by  a  shipboard  station  equipped  with  apparatus 
for  both  sending  and  receiving  equal  in  all  essential  particulars  to  that  of  the 
station  first  mentioned. 

"  BIGHT   OF    WAY  "    FOB   DISTRESS    SIGNALS. 

Ninth.  All  stations  are  required  to  give  absolute  priority  to  signals  and  radio- 
grams relating  to  ships  in  distress;  to  cease  all  sending  on  hearing  a  distress 
signal ;  and,  except  when  engaged  in  answering  or  aiding  the  ship  in  distress,  to 
refrain  from  sending  until  all  signals  and  radiograms  relating  thereto  are  com- 
pleted. 

REDUCED   POWER   FOR    SHIPS    NEAR   A   GOVERNMENT    STATION. 

Tenth.  No  station  on  shipboard,  when  within  fifteen  nautical  miles  of  a 
naval  or  military  station,  shall  use  a  transformer  input  exceeding  one  kilowatt, 
nor,  when  within  five  nautical  miles  of  such  a  station,  a  transformer  input 
exceeding  one-half  kilowatt,  except  for  sending  signals  of  distress,  or  signals  or 
radiograms  relating  thereto. 

INTERCOMMUNICATION. 

Eleventh.  Each  shore  station  open  to  general  public  service  between  the  coast 
and  vessels  at  sea  shall  be  bound  to  exchange  radiograms  with  any  similar  shore 
station  and  with  any  ship  station  without  distinction  of  the  radio  systems 
adopted  by  such  stations,  respectively,  and  each  station  on  shipboard  shall  be 
bound  to  exchange  radiograms  with  any  other  station  on  shipboard  without  dis- 
tinction of  the  radio  systems  adopted  by  each  station,  respectively. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  such  shore  station,  during  the  hours  it  is  in 
operation,  to  listen  in  at  intervals  of  not  less  than  fifteen  minutes  and  for  a 
period  not  less  than  two  minutes,  with  the  receiver  tuned  to  receive  messages  of 
three  hundred  meter  wave  lengths. 

DIVISION    OF   TIME. 

Twelfth.  At  important  seaports  and  at  all  other  places  where  naval  or  mili- 
tary and  private  or  commercial  shore  stations  operate  in  such  close  proximity 
that  interference  with  the  work  of  naval  and  military  stations  can  not  be  avoided 


68       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

by  the  enforcement  of  the  regulations  contained  in  the  foregoing  regulations  con- 
cerning wave  lengths  and  character  of  signals  emitted,  such  private  or  commer- 
cial shore  stations  as  do  interfere  with  the  reception  of  signals  by  the  naval 
and  military  stations  concerned  shall  not  use  their  transmitters  during  the 
first  fifteen  minutes  of  each  hour,  local  standard  time.  The  Secretary  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  department  concerned, 
designate  the  station  or  stations  which  may  be  required  to  observe  this  division 
of  time. 

GOVERNMENT    STATIONS    TO    OBSERVE   DIVISION    OF    TIME. 

Thirteenth.  The  naval  or  military  stations  for  which  the  above-mentioned 
division  of  time  may  be  established  shall  transmit  signals  or  radiograms  only 
during  the  first  fifteen  minutes  of  each  hour,  local  standard  time,  except  in  case 
of  signals  or  radiograms  relating  to  vessels  in  distress,  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided. 

USE   OF   UNNECESSARY  POWER. 

Fourteenth.  In  all  circumstances,  except  in  case  of  signals  or  radiograms 
relating  to  vessels  in  distress,  all  stations  shall  use  the  minimum  amount  of 
energy  necessary  to  carry  out  any  communication  desired. 

GENERAL    RESTRICTIONS    ON    PRIVATE    STATIONS. 

Fifteenth.  No  private  or  commercial  station  not  engaged  in  the  transaction 
of  bona  fide  commercial  business  by  radio  communication  or  in  experimentation 
in  connection  with  the  development  and  manufacture  of  radio  apparatus  for 
commercial  purposes  shall  use  a  transmitting  wave  length  exceeding  two  hun- 
dred meters,  or  a  transformer  input  exceeding  one  kilowatt,  except  by  special 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  contained  in  the  license 
of  the  station :  Provided,  That  the  owner  or  operator  of  a  station  of  the 
character  mentioned  in  this  regulation  shall  not  be  liable  for  a  violation  of  the 
requirements  of  the  third  or  fourth  regulations  to  the  penalties  of  one  hundred 
dollars  or  twenty-five  dollars,  respectively,  provided  in  this  section  unless  the 
person  maintaining  or  operating  such  station  shall  have  been  notified  in  writ- 
ing that  the  said  transmitter  has  been  found,  upon  tests  conducted  by  the 
Government,  to  be  so  adjusted  as  to  violate  the  said  third  and  fourth  regula- 
tions, and  opportunity  has  been  given  to  said  owner  or  operator  to  adjust  said 
transmitter  in  conformity  with  said  regulations. 

SPECIAL  RESTRICTIONS  IN  THE  VICINITIES  OF  GOVERNMENT   STATIONS. 

.  Sixteenth.  No  station  of  the  character  mentioned  in  regulation  fifteenth 
situated  within  five  nautical  miles  of  a  naval  or  military  station  shall  use  a 
transmitting  wave  length  exceeding  two  hundred  meters  or  a  transformer  input 
exceeding  one-half  kilowatt. 

SHIP    STATIONS    TO    COMMUNICATE    WITH    NEAREST    SHORE    STATIONS. 

Seventeenth.  In  general,  the  shipboard  stations  shall  transmit  their  radiograms 
to  the  nearest  shore  station.  A  sender  on  board  a  vessel  shall,  however,  have 
the  right  to  designate  the  shore  station  through  which  he  desires  to  have  his 
radiograms  transmitted.  If  this  can  not  be  done,  the  wishes  of  the  sender 
jire  to  be  complied  with  only  if  the  transmission  can  be  effected  without  inter- 
fering with  the  service  of  other  stations. 

LIMITATIONS   FOR  FUTURE  INSTALLATIONS   IN   VICINITIES   OF  GOVERNMENT    STATIONS. 

Eighteenth.  No  station  on  shore  not  in  actual  operation  at  the  date  of  the 
passage  of  this  Act  shall  be  licensed  for  the  transaction  of  commercial  business 
by  radio  communication  within  fifteen  nautical  miles  of  the  following  naval 
or  military  stations,  to  wit :  Arlington,  Virginia  ;  Key  West,  Florida ;  San  Juan, 
Porto  Rico;  North  Head  and  Tatoosh  Island.  Washington;  San  Diego.  Cali- 
fornia; and  those  established  or  which  may  be  established  in  Alaska  and  in 
the  Canal  Zone;  and  the  head  of  the  department  having  control  of  such  Gov- 
ernment stations  shall,  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  the  transaction  of  govern- 
mental business,  arrange  for  the  transmission  and  receipt  of  commercial  radio- 
grams under  the  provisions  of  the  Berlin  convention  of  nineteen  hundred  and 


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six  and  future  international  conventions  or  treaties  to  which  the  United  States 
may  be  a  party,  at  each  of  the  stations  above  referred  to,  and  shall  fix  the  rates 
therefor,  subject  to  control  of  such  rates  by  Congress.  At  such  stations  and 
wherever  and  whenever  shore  stations  open  for  general  public  business  between 
the  coast  and  vessels  at  sea  under  the  provisions  of  the  Berlin  convention  of 
nineteen  hundred  and  six  and  future  international  conventions  and  treaties  to 
which  the  United  States  may  be  a  party  shall  not  be  so  established  as  to  insure 
a  constant  service  day  and  night  without  interruption,  and  in  all  localities 
wherever  or  whenever  such  service  shall  not  be  maintained  by  a  commercial 
shore  station  within  one  hundred  nautical  miles  of  a  naval  radio  station,  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  shall,  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  the  transaction  of 
governmental  business,  open  naval  radio  stations  to  the  general  public  business 
described  above,  and  shall  fix  rates  for  such  service,  subject  to  control  of  such 
rates  by  Congress.  The  receipts  from  such  radiograms  shall  be  covered  into 
the  Treasury  as  miscellaneous  receipts. 

SECRECY    OF    MESSAGES. 

Nineteenth.  No  person  or  persons  engaged  in  or  having  knowledge  of  the 
operation  of  any  station  or  stations,  shall  divulge  or  publish  the  contents  of 
any  messages  transmitted  or  received  by  such  station,  except  to  the  person  or 
persons  to  whom  the  same  may  be  directed,  or  their  authorized  agent,  or  to 
another  station  employed  to  forward  such  message  to  its  destination,  unless 
legally  required  so  to  do  by  the  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  or  other  com- 
petent authority.  Any  person  guilty  of  divulging  or  publishing  any  message, 
except  as  herein  provided,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punishable  by  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  a  period 
of  not  exceeding  three  months,  or  both  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  court. 

PENALTIES. 

For  violation  of  any  of  these  regulations,  subject  to  which  a  license  under 
sections  one  and  two  of  this  Act  may  be  issued,  the  owner  of  the  apparatus 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars,  which  may  be  reduced  or 
remitted  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  and  for  repeated  viola- 
tions of  any  of  such  regulations,  the  license  may  be  revoked. 

For  violation  of  any  of  these  regulations,  except  as  provided  in  regulation 
nineteenth,  subject  to  which  a  license  under  section  three  of  this  Act  may  be 
issued,  the  operator  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars,  which 
may  be  reduced  or  remitted  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  and  for 
repeated  violations  of  any  such  regulations,  the  license  shall  be  suspended  or 
revoked. 

SEC.  5.  That  every  license  granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  for  the 
operation  or  use  of  apparatus  for  radio  communication  shall  prescribe  that  the 
operator  thereof  shall  not  willfully  or  maliciously  interfere  with  any  other 
radio  communication.  Such  interference  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  the  owner  or  operator,  or  both,  shall  be  punishable 
by  a  fine  of  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  not  to 
exceed  one  year,  or  both. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  expression  "  radio  communication "  as  used  in  this  Act 
means  any  system  of  electrical  communication  by  telegraphy  or  telephony  with- 
out the  aid  of  any  wire  connecting  the  points  from  and  at  which  the  radio- 
grams, signals,  or  other  communications  are  sent  or  received. 

SEC.  7.  That  a  person,  company,  or  corporation  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States  shall  not  knowingly  utter  or  transmit,  or  cause  to  be  uttered  or 
transmitted,  any  false  or  fraudulent  distress  signal  or  call  or  false  or  fraudu- 
lent signal,  call,  or  other  radiogram  of  any  kind.  The  penalty  for  so  littering 
or  transmitting  a  false  or  fraudulent  distress  signal  or  call  shall  be  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  not 
more  than  five  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  for  each  and  every 
such  offense,  and  the  penalty  for  so  uttering  or  transmitting,  or  causing  to  be 
uttered  or  transmitted,  any  other  false  or  fraudulent  signal,  call,  or  other 
radiogram  shall  be  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  or  imprison- 
ment for  not  more  than  two  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  for 
each  and  every  such  offense. 

SEC.  8.  That  a  person,  company,  or  corporation  shall  not  use  or  operate  any 
apparatus  for  radio  communication  on  a  foreign  ship  in  territorial  waters  of 
the  United  States  otherwise  than  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  sections 


70        TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OP  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

four  and  seven  of  this  Act  and  so  much  of  section  five  as  imposes  a  penalty 
lor  interference.  Save  as  aforesaid,  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  apply  to  appa- 
ratus for  radio  communication  on  any  foreign  ship. 

SEC.  9.  That  the  trial  of  any  offense  under  this  Act  shall  be  in  the  district  in 
which  it  is  committed,  or  if  the  offense  is  committed  upon  the  high  seas  or  out 
of  the  jurisdiction  of  any  particular  State  or  district  the  trial  shall  be  in  the 
district  where  the  offender  may  be  found  or  into  which  he  shall  be  first  brought. 

SEC.  10.  That  this  Act  shall  not  apply  to  the  Philippine  Islands. 

SEC.  11.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  on  and  after  four 
months  from  its  passage. 

Approved,  August  13,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  302.] 


Joint  Resolution  To  further  continue  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  approved  July 
first,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  entitled  "  Joint  Resolution  extending  appropria- 
tions for  the  necessary  operations  of  the  Government  under  cei-tain  contingencies.  ' 


Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution 
entitled  "  Joint  Resolution  extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary  opera- 
tions of  the  Government  under  certain  contingencies,"  approved  July  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  be,  and  the  same  are,  further  extended  and 
continued  in  full  force  and  effect  for  and  during  the  last  half  of  the  month 
of  August,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

Approved,  August  15,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  642.] 


An   Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal   year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  other  purposes : 

******* 

BUREAU    OF    EQUIPMENT. 

Toward  the  purchase  and  preparation  of  necessary  sites,  purchase  and 
erection  of  towers  and  buildings,  and  the  purchase  and  installation  of  ma- 
chinery and  apparatus  of  high-power  radio  stations  (cost  not  to  exceed  one 
million  dollars),  to  be  located  as  follows:  One  in  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone,  one 
on  the  California  coast,  one  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  one  in  American  Samoa, 
one  on  the  island  of  Guam,  and  one  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  four  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  to  be  available  until  expended. 

******* 

Approved,  August  22,  1912.     [37  U.  S.  Stats.,  338.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  namely: 

******* 

THE   ISTHMIAN   CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act 
to  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 


TKEATTES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       ?1 

and  Pacific  Oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two, 
and  Acts  amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto: 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other 
employees  in  the  United  'States,  $150,000. 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in 
the  United  States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  $7,500,  textbooks  and  books  of  reference,  $1,000,  and  ad- 
ditional compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  extra 
services  in  auditing  accounts  of  the  Isthmian 'Canal,  $1,000),  $50,000. 

Third.  For  pay  of  members  of  the  commission  and  officers  and  employees  on 
the  Isthmus,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers, 
superintendents,  instrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen,  time- 
keepers, mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  quartermasters,  clerks,  account- 
ants, stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  sub- 
foremen,  wagon  masters,  watchmen,  and  stewards,  including  those  temporarily 
detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  in  the  departments  of  construction 
and  engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination 
of  accounts,  and  for  those  employed  in  connection  with  the  preservation  of 
plans,  drawings,  and  other  records,  $3,000,000:  Provided,  That  not  more  than 
$5,000  of  this  appropriation  shall  be  paid  as  compensation  to  the  secretary  of 
the  commission. 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers;  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts, 
$11,000,000. 

Fifth.  For  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment,  in- 
cluding cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident 
thereto,  whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in 
the  United  States  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the 
construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  including  not  exceeding  $50,000  for  the  pay- 
ment of  damages  caused  to  the  owners  of  private  lands,  or  private  property  of 
any  kind,  by  reason  of  the  grants  contained  in  the  treaty  between  the  United 
States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  proclaimed  February  twenty-sixth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  four,  or  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the  United  States,  its 
agents  or  employees,  or  by  reason  of  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation, 
sanitation,  and  protection  of  the  said  canal  or  of  the  works  of  sanitation  and 
protection  therein  provided  for,  which  may  be  compromised  by  agreement  be- 
tween the  claimant  and  the  chairman  of  the  commission  without  the  intervention 
of  a  joint  commission,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  and 
for  a  permanent  administration  building,  $12,000,000. 

Sixth.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery 
and  printing,  local  railway  transportation,  special  trains,  including  pay-train 
service ;  transportation  of  currency  to  the  Isthmus,  recruiting  and  transporting 
laborers,  transporting  employees  from  the  United  States,  repatriating  laborers 
and  employees,  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  on  the  Isthmus  on 
official  business ;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  esti- 
mates for  appropriations  of  the  Isthmus,  and  all  other  incidental  and  contingent 
expenses  not  otherwise  provided  for,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of 
accounts,  $790,000. 

Seventh.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment of  civil  administration,  of  officers  and  employees,  other  than  skilled  and 
unskilled  labor,  including  foremen,  subforemen,  watchmen,  messengers,  and 
storekeepers,  of  the  departments  of  civil  administration  and  law,  including  those 
necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  $500,000 ; 

Eighth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  for  the  department  of  civil  adminis- 
tration, $15,000; 

Ninth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, and  contingent  expenses  of  the  departments  of  civil  administration  and 
law,  including  not  exceeding  $500  for  law  books,  $75,000. 

Tenth.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  hospital  dispensers 


72       TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

internes,  nurses,  attendants,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen, 
watchmen,  and  stewards,  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  in- 
cluding those  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  $700,000. 

Eleventh.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  of  every  grade  and  kind,  for  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  $200,000 ; 

Twelfth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of 
buildings,  medical  aid  and  support  of  the  insane,  and  of  indigent  persons  per- 
manently disabled,  while  in  the  line  of  duty  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  from  earning  a  livelihood,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  $500,000:  Provided,  That  no  part 
of  this  appropriation  shall  be  used  for  or  toward  the  construction  of  a  new 
quarantine  station. 

The  foregoing  sums,  so  far  as  necessary,  shall  be  available  for  necessary 
dry  dock,  coaling  plant,  shops,  and  other  facilities  for  repairing  and  supplying 
vessels  and  necessary  wharves,  sheds,  and  other  terminal  facilities,  and  for 
the  consolidation  and  preservation  of  the  files  of  papers  arid  other  records 
which  have  accumulated  or  may  accumulate  during  the  construction  of  the 
canal  and  needed  or  useful  or  having  a  permanent  value  or  historical  interest, 
as  may  be  determined  by  the  chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

In  all,  $28,980,000,  the  same  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue 
available  until  expended:  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropria- 
tions heretofore,  herein,  and  hereafter  made  for  the  construction  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal,  including  any  portion  of  such  appropriations  which  may  be 
used  for  the  construction  of  the  necessary  dry  dock,  coaling  plant,  shops,  and 
other  facilities  for  repairing  and  supplying  vessels,  and  all  necessary  wharves, 
feheds,  and  other  terminal  facilities,  exclusive  of  fortifications,  shall  be  paid 
from  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  out  of  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section  thirty-nine  of  the  tariff 
Act. approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and 
unforeseen  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  Act,  there  shall  not  be  employed 
at  any  time  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen  under  any 
of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Isthmian  Canal,  any  greater  number  of 
persons  than  are  specified  in  the  notes  submitted  respectively  in  connection 
with  the  estimates  for  each  of  said  appropriations  in  the  annual  Book  of 
Estimates  for  said  year,  nor  shall  there  be  paid  to  any  of  such  persons  during 
that  fiscal  year  any  greater  rate  of  compensation  than  was  authorized  to  be 
paid  to  persons  occupying  the  same  or  like  positions  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and  all  employments  made  or  compensation  in- 
creased because  of  emergencies  or  conditions  so  arising  shall  be  specifically 
set  forth,  with  the  reasons  therefor,  by  the  chairman  of  the  commission  in 
his  report  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen. 

In  cases  of  emergencies  arising  subsequent  to  and  unforeseen  at  the  time  of 
submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing 
amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably  for  expenditure  on  objects  named ; 
but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be  added  to  any  one  item  of  the 
appropriation. 

No  part  of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  shall  be  ap- 
plied to  the  payment  of  allowances  for  longevity  service,  or  lay-over  days  other 
than  such  as  may  have  accumulated  under  existing  orders  of  the  commission, 
prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

FORTIFICATIONS,    ISTHMIAN    CANAL. 

For  the  following  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Isthmian 
Canal,  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended, 
namely : 

Surveys:  For  detailed  surveys  of  the  areas  on  the  Canal  Zone  required  for 
military  purposes,  including  the  cost  of  marking  permanently  the  boundaries  of 
such  areas,  $50,000 ; 

Causeway:  For  the  construction  of  a  causeway  or  bridge  for  use  in  connec- 
tion with  fortifications,  Isthmian  Canal,  $150,000 ; 

Seacoast  batteries :  For  construction  of  seacoast  batteries  on  the  Canal  Zone, 
$1,000,000,  and  any  balances  of  the  appropriation  for  the  construction  of  sea- 
coast  batteries  on  the  Canal  Zone  made  by  the  Act  of  March  fourth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  eleven; 


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Submarine  mine  structures:  For  the  construction  of  mining  casemates,  cable 
galleries,  torpedo  storehouses,  cable  tanks,  and  other  structures  necessary  for 
the  operation,  preservation,  and  care  of  submarine  mines  and  their  accessories 
on  the  Canal  Zone,  $220,200 ; 

Field  fortifications  and  camps :  For  the  construction  of  field  fortifications  find 
the  preparation  of  camp  sites  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $200,000 ; 

Armament  of  fortifications:  For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of 
seacoast  cannon  for  coast  defense,  including  their  carriages,  sights,  imple- 
ments, equipments,  and  the  machinery  necessary  for  the  manufacture  at  the 
arsenals,  to  cost  ultimately  not  to  exceed  $2,324,000,  $500,000 ; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  cannon, 
including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  therewith,  and  the  machinery 
necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $575,000; 

Submarine  mines:  For  the  purchase  of  submarine  mines  and  the  necessary 
appliances  to  operate  them  for  closing  the  channels  leading  to  the  Isthmian 
Canal,  $111,750; 

In  all,  specifically  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Isthmian 
Canal,  $2,806,950. 

SEC.  2.  All  funds  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  from  rentals 
of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama  and 
Colon,  and  from  the  zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and  fines,  and  col- 
lected or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  as  follows :  The  revenues  derived  from 
the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service;  the  remaining  revenues, 
including  any  balances  unexpended  in  prior  years,  after  setting  aside  a  mis- 
cellaneous and  contingent  fund  of  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars,  to  the 
maintenance  of  the  public-school  system  in  the  zone;  to  the  construction  and 
maintenance  of  public  improvements  within  the  zone ;  to  the  maintenance  of 
the  administrative  districts ;  to  the  maintenance  of  Canal  Zone  charity  j  atients 
in  the  hospitals  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the  maintenance 
of  administrative  district  prisoners.  A  detailed  and  classified  statement  of  all 
receipts  and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items  under  this  para- 
graph shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  thirteen. 

SEC.  3.  All  funds  realized  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thir- 
teen by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  the  performance  of  services  by 
the  commission,  or  from  rentals,  or  from  the  sale  of  materials  and  supplies 
under  the  custody  or  control  of  the  commission,  are  appropriated  for  expendi- 
ture under  any  of  the  foregoing  classified  appropriations  for  the  department 
of  construction  and  engineering,  and  a  full  and  separate  report  in  detail  of  all 
transactions  under  this  section  shall  be  made  to  Congress. 

That  until  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  when 
any  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or 
acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  is  no  longer  needed,  or  is 
no  longer  serviceable,  it  may  be  sold  in  such  manner  as  the  President  may  di- 
rect, and  without  advertising  in  such  classes  of  cases  as  may  be  authorized  by 
him;  and  the  President  is  authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  sell  and  convey  to 
the  Republic  of  Panama  the  building  situated  in  the  city  of  Panama  known  as 
"  the  Administration  Building,"  together  with  the  ground  on  which  the  same 
is  located,  for  a  sum  of  not  less  than  $80,000,  and  the  proceeds  of  such  sale, 
if  made,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  4.  That  hereafter  no  payments  shall  be  made  for  maintenance  or  other 
charge  in  connection  w.ith  the  Toro  Point  Light,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  out  of 
moneys  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

SEC.  5.  The  chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  authorized  to 
establish  a  division  of  records  and,  as  the  requirements  of  the  service  permit, 
to  consolidate  in  the  custody  thereof  the  files  of  papers  and  other  records  which 
have  accumulated  or  which  may  accumulate  during  the  period  of  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Isthmian  Canal ;  and  he  is  directed  to  carefully  preserve,  properly 
index,  and  arrange  for  use  all  papers  needed  or  useful  in  the  transaction  of 
current  business  or  having  a  permanent  value  or  historical  interest ;  and  he  is 
authorized  to  destroy  or  otherwise  dispose  of  duplications  in  the  files  and 
other  papers  which  are  not  needed  or  useful  in  the  transaction  of  current  busi- 
ness and  have  no  permanent  value  or  historical  interest  and  which  have  been 
recommended  to  him  for  destruction  or  other  disposition  by  a  committee  of 
three  competent  persons  who  have  personally  examined  the  papers  and  in 


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connection  with  their  recommendation  have  submitted  a  concise  statement  of 
the  condition  and  character  thereof. 

SEC.  6.  Hereafter  there  shall  be  submitted,  in  the  annual  Book  of  Estimates, 
following  every  estimate  for  a  general  or  lump  sum  appropriation  which  exceeds 
$250,000  in  amount,  a  statement  showing  in  parallel  columns : 

First,  the  number  of  persons,  if  any,  intended  to  be  employed  and  the  rates 
of  compensation  to  each,  and  the  amounts  contemplated  to  be  expended  for 
each  of  any  other  objects  or  classes  of  expenditures  specified  or  contemplated 
in  the  estimate;  and 

Second,  the  number  of  persons,  if  any,  employed  and  the  rates  of  compensa- 
tion paid  each,  and  the  amounts  expended  for  each  other  object  or  class  of 
expenditures  out  of  the  appropriation  corresponding  to  the  estimate  so  sub- 
mitted, during  the  completed  fiscal  year  next  preceding  the  period  for  which 
the  estimate  is  submitted. 

SEC.  7.  No  specific  or  indefinite  appropriation  made  hereafter  in  any  regular 
annual  appropriation  Act  shall  be  construed  to  be  permanent  or  available  con- 
tinuously without  reference  to  a  fiscal  year  unless  it  belongs  to  one  of  the  fol- 
lowing five  classes :  "  Rivers  and  harbors,"  "  lighthouses,"  "  fortifications," 
"  public  buildings,"  and  "  pay  of  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps,"  last  specifically 
named  in  and  excepted  from  the  operation  of  the  provisions  of  the  so-called 
"  covering-in  Act "  approved  June  twentieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy- 
four,  or  unless  it  is  made  in  terms  expressly  providing  that  it  shall  continue 
available  beyond  the  fiscal  year  for  which  the  appropriation  Act  in  which  it 
is  contained  makes  provision. 

******* 

Approved,  August  24,  1912.     [37  Stat,  483.] 


An  Act  To  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  protection,  and  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  zone  of  land  and  land  under 
water  of  the  width  of  ten  miles  extending  to  the  distance  of  five  miles  on  each 
side  of  the  center  line  of  the  route  of  the  canal  now  being  constructed  thereon, 
which  zone  begins  in  the  Caribbean  Sea  three  marine  miles  from  mean  low- 
water  mark  and  extends  to  and  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  into  the  Pacific 
Ocean  to  the  distance  of  three  marine  miles  from  mean  low-water  mark,  exclud- 
ing therefrom  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  and  their  adjacent  harbors 
located  within  said  zone,  as  excepted  in  the  treaty  with  the  Republic  of  Panama 
dated  November  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  but  including  all 
islands  within  said  described  zone,  and  in  addition  thereto  the  group  of  islands 
in  the  Bay  of  Panama  named  Perico,  Naos,  Culebra,  and  Flamenco,  and  any 
lands  and  waters  outside  of  said  limits  above  described  which  are  necessary  or 
convenient  or  from  time  to  time  may  become  necessary  or  convenient  for  the 
construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  or  protection  of  the  said  canal 
or  of  any  auxiliary  canals,  lakes,  or  other  works  necessary  or  convenient  for 
the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  or  protection  of  said  canal, 
the  use,  occupancy,  or  control  whereof  were  granted  to  the  United  States  by  the 
treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  the  ratifications 
of  which  were  exchanged  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  February,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  four,  shall  be  known  and  designated  as  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  canal 
now  being  constructed  thereon  shall  hereafter  be  known  and  designated  as  the 
Panama  Canal.  The  President  is  authorized,  by  treaty  with  the  Republic  of 
Panama,  to  acquire  any  additional  land  or  land  under  water  not  already 
granted,  or  which  was  excepted  from  the  grant,  that  he  may  deem  necessary  for 
the  operation,  maintenance,  sanitation,  or  protection  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and 
to  exchange  any  land  or  land  under  water  not  deemed  necessary  for  such  pur- 
poses for  other  land  or  land  under  water  which  may  be  deemed  necessary  for 
such  purposes,  which  additional  land  or  land  under  water  so  acquired  shall 
become  part  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances  adopted  and  promul- 
gated in  the  Canal  Zone  by  order  of  the  President  for  the  government  and 
sanitation  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  are 
hereby  ratified  and  confirmed  as  valid  and  binding  until  Congress  shall  other- 
wise provide.  The  existing  courts  established  in  the  Canal  Zone  by  Executive 


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order  are  recognized  and  confirmed  to  continue  in  operation  until  the  courts 
provided  for  in  this  Act  shall  be  established. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  President  is  authorized  to  declare  by  Executive  order  that 
all  laud  and  land  under  water  within  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  necessary 
for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  or  protection  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  and  to  extinguish,  by  agreement  when  advisable,  all  claims  and 
titles  of  adverse  claimants  and  occupants.  Upon  failure  to  secure  by  agree- 
ment title  to  any  such  parcel  of  land  or  land  under  water  the  adverse  claim  or 
occupancy  shall  be  disposed  of  and  title  thereto  secured  in  the  United  States 
and  compensation  therefor  fixed  and  paid  in  the  manner  provided  in  the 
aforesaid  treaty  with  the  Republic  of  Panama,  or  such  modification  of  such 
treaty  as  may  hereafter  be  made. 

SEC.  4.  That  when  in  the  judgment  of  the  President  the  construction  of  the 
Panama  Canal  shall  be  sufficiently  advanced  toward  completion  to  render  the 
further  services  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  unnecessary  the  President 
is  authorized  by  Executive  order  to  discontinue  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
which,  together  with  the  present  organization,  shall  then  cease  to  exist ;  and  the 
President  is  authorized  thereafter  to  complete,  govern,  and  operate  the  Panama 
Canal  and  govern  the  Canal  Zone,  or  cause  them  to  be  completed,  governed, 
and  operated,  through  a  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  such  other  persons 
as  he  may  deem  competent  to  discharge  the  various  duties  connected  with  the 
completion,  care,  maintenance,  sanitation,  operation,  government,  and  protection 
of  the  canal  and  Canal  Zone.  If  any  of  the  persons  appointed  or  employed 
as  aforesaid  shall  be  persons  in  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United 
States,  the  amount  of  the  official  salary  paid  to  any  such  person  shall  be 
deducted  from  the  amount  of  salary  or  compensation  provided  by  or  which  shall 
be  fixed  under  the  terms  of  this  Act.  The  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Senate,  commissioned  for  a  term  of  four  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall 
be  appointed  and  qualified.  He  shall  receive  a  salary  of  ten  thousand  dollars  a 
year.  All  other  persons  necessary  for  the  completion,  care,  management,  main- 
tenance, sanitation,  government,  operation,  and  protection  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  Canal  Zone  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  or  by  his  authority, 
removable  at  his  pleasure,  and  the  compensation  of  such  persons  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  President,  or  by  his  authority,  until  such  time  as  Congress  may  by  law 
regulate  the  same,  but  salaries  or  compensation  fixed  hereunder  by  the  Presi- 
dent shall  in  no  instance  exceed  by  more  than  25  per  centum  the  salary  or  com- 
pensation paid  for  the  same  or  similar  services  to  persons  employed  by  the 
Government  in  continental  United  States.  That  upon  the  completion  of  the 
Panama  Canal  the  President  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  officially  and  formally 
opened  for  use  and  operation. 

Before  the  completion  of  the  canal,  the  Commission  of  Arts  may  make  report 
to  the  President  of  their  recommendation  regarding  the  artistic  character  of 
the  structures  of  the  canal,  such  report  to  be  transmitted  to  Congress. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  prescribe  and  from  time 
to  time  change  the  tolls  that  shall  be  levied  by  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  for  the  use  of  the  Panama  Canal:  Promded,  That  no  tolls,  when  pre- 
scribed as  above,  shall  be  changed,  unless  six  months'  notice  thereof  shall  have 
been  given  by  the  President  by  proclamation.  No  tolls  shall  be  levied  upon 
vessels  engaged  in  the  coastwise  trade  of  the  United  States.  That  section 
forty-one  hundred  and  thirty-two  of  the  Revised  Statutes  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows : 

"  SEC.  4132.  Vessels  built  within  the  United  States  and  belonging  wholly  to 
citizens  thereof;  and  vessels  which  may  be  captured  in  war  by  citizens  of  the 
United  States  and  lawfully  condemned  as  prize,  or  which  may  be  adjudged 
to  be  forfeited  for  a  breach  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States;  and  seagoing 
vessels,  whether  steam  or  sail,  which  have  been  certified  by  the  Steamboat- 
Inspection  Service  as  safe  to  carry  dry  and  perishable  cargo,  not  more  than 
five  years  old  at  the  time  they  apply  for  registry,  wherever  built,  which  are  to 
engage  only  in  trade  with  foreign  countries  or  with  the  Philippine  Islands  and 
the  islands  of  Guam  and  Tutuila,  being  wholly  owned  by  citizens  of  the  United 
States  or  corporations  organized  and  chartered  under  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  or  of  any  State  thereof,  the  president  and  managing  directors  of  which 
shall  be  citizens  of  the  United  States  or  corporations  organized  and  chartered 
under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  of  any  State  thereof,  the  president  and 
managing  directors  of  which  shall  be  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  no 


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others,  may  be  registered  as  directed  in  this  title.  Foreign-built  vessels  regis- 
tered pursuant  to  this  Act  shall  not  engage  in  the  coastwise  trade:  Provided, 
That  a  foreign-built  yacht,  pleasure  boat,  or  vessel  not  used  or  intended  to  be 
used  for  trade  admitted  to  American  registry  pursuant  to  this  section  'shall 
not  be  exempt  from  the  collection  of  ad  valorem  duty  provided  in  section  thirty- 
Seven  of  the  Act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  entitled 
'An  Act  to  provide  revenue,  equalize  duties,  and  encourage  the  industries  of 
the  United  States,  and  for  other  purposes.'  That  all  materials  of  foreign  produc- 
tion which  may  be  necessary  for  the  construction  or  repair  of  vessels  built  in 
the  United  States  and  all  such  materials  necessary  for  the  building  or  repair 
of  their  machinery  and  all  articles  necessary  for  their  outfit  and  equipment 
may  be  imported  into  the  United  States  free  of  duty  under  such  regulations  as 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  prescribe:  Provided  further,  That  such 
vessels  so  admitted  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  may  contract  with  the 
Postmaster  General  under  the  Act  of  March  third,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety- 
one,  entitled  'An  Act  to  provide  for  ocean  mail  service  between  the  United 
States  and  foreign  ports,  and  to  promote  commerce,'  so  long  as  such  vessels 
shall  in  all  respects  comply  with  the  provisions  and  requirements  of  said  Act." 

Tolls  may  be  based  upon  gross  or  net  registered  tonnage,  displacement  ton- 
nage, or  otherwise,  and  may  be  based  on  one  form  of  tonnage  for  warships 
and  another  for  ships  of  commerce.  The  rate  of  tolls  may  be  lower  upon  vessels 
in  ballast  than  upon  vessels  carrying  passengers  or  cargo.  When  based  upon 
net  registered  tonnage  for  ships  of  commerce  the  tolls  shall  not  exceed  one  dollar 
and  twenty-five  cents  per  net  registered  ton,  nor  be  less,  other  than  for  vessels 
of  the  United  States  and  its  citizens,  than  the  estimated  proportionate  cost  of 
the  actual  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  canal  subject,  however,  to  the 
provisions  of  article  nineteen  of  the  convention  between  the  United  States  and 
the  Republic  of  Panama,  entered  into  November  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  three.  If  the  tolls  shall  not  be  based  upon  net  registered  tonnage,  they 
shall  not  exceed  the  equivalent  of  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  net 
registered  ton  as  nearly  as  the  same  may  be  determined,  nor  be  less  than  the 
equivalent  of  seventy-five  cents  per  net  registered  ton.  The  toll  for  each  pas- 
senger shall  not  be  more  than  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents.  The  President  is 
authorized  to  make  and  from  time  to  time  amend  regulations  governing  the 
operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  passage  and  control  of  vessels  through 
the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  including  the  locks  and  approaches  thereto,  and 
all  rules  and  regulations  affecting  pilots  and  pilotage  in  the  canal  or  the 
approaches  thereto  through  the  adjacent  waters. 

Such  regulations  shall  provide  for  prompt  adjustment  by  agreement  and 
immediate  payment  of  claims  for  damages  which  may  arise  from  injury  to 
vessels,  cargo,  or  passengers  from  the  passing  of  vessels  through  the  locks  under 
the  control  of  those  operating  them  under  such  rules  and  regulations.  In  case 
of  disagreement  suit  may  be  brought  in  the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone 
against  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  The  hearing  and  disposition  of 
such  cases  shall  be  expedited  and  the  judgment  shall  be  immediately  paid  out 
of  any  moneys  appropriated  or  allotted  for  canal  operation. 

The  President  shall  provide  a  method  for  the  determination  and  adjustment 
of  all  claims  arising  out  of  personal  injuries  to  employees  thereafter  occurring 
while  directly  engaged  in  actual  work  in  connection  with  the  construction, 
maintenance,  operation,  or  sanitation  of  the  canal  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad, 
or  of  any  auxiliary  canals,  locks,  or  other  works  necessary  and  convenient  for 
the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  or  sanitation  of  the  canal,  whether  such 
injuries  result  in  death  or  not,  and  prescribe  a  schedule  of  compensation  therefor, 
and  may  revise  and  modify  such  method  and  schedule  at  any  time;  and  such 
claims,  to  the  extent  they  shall  be  allowed  on  such  adjustment,  if  allowed  at  all, 
shall  be  paid  out  of  the  moneys  hereafter  appropriated  for  that  purpose  or  out 
of  the  funds  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  if  said  company  was  responsible 
for  said  injury,  as  the  case  may  require.  And  after  such  method  and  schedule 
shall  be  provided  by  the  President,  the  provisions  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act 
granting  to  certain  employees  of  the  United  States  the  right  to  receive  from  it 
compensation  for  injuries  sustained  in  the  course  of  their  employment,"  ap- 
proved May  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  and  of  the  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  relating  to  injured  employees  on  the  Isthmian  Canal,"  approved  February 
twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  shall  not  apply  to  personal  injuries 
thereafter  received  and  claims  for  which  are  subject  to  determination  and 
adjustment  as  provided  in  this  section. 


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SEC.  6.  That  the  President  is  authorized  to  cause  to  be  erected,  maintained, 
and  operated,  subject  to  the  International  Convention  and  the  Act  of  Congress 
to  regulate  radio-communication,  at  suitable  places  along  the  Panama  Canal  and 
the  coast  adjacent  to  its  two  terminals,  in  connection  with  the  operation  of 
said  canal,  such  wireless  telegraphic  installations  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
for  the  operation,  maintenance,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  said  canal,  and 
for  other  purposes.  If  it  is  found  necessary  to  locate  such  installations  upon 
territory  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  the  President  is  authorized  to  make  such 
agreement  with  said  Government  as  may  be  necessary,  and  also  to  provide  for 
the  acceptance  and  transmission,  by  said  system,  of  all  private  and  commercial 
messages,  and  those  of  the  Government  of  Panama,  on  such  terms  and  for  such 
tolls  as  the  President  may  prescribe:  Provided,  That  the  messages  of  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  and  the  departments  thereof,  and  the  management 
of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  always  be  given  precedence  over  all  other  messages. 
The  President  is  also  authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  enter  into  such  operating 
agreements  or  leases  with  any  private  wireless  company  or  companies  as  may 
best  insure  freedom  from  interference  with  the  wireless  telegraphic  installations 
established  by  the  United  States.  The  President  is  also  authorized  ta  establish, 
maintain,  and  operate,  through  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  or  otherwise, 
dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  warehouses,  storehouses,  and 
other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances  for  the  purpose  of  providing  coal 
and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and  supplies  for  vessels  of  the  Government 
of  the  United  States  and,  incidentally,  for  supplying  such  at  reasonable  prices  to 
passing  vessels,  in  accordance  with  appropriations  hereby  authorized  to  be 
made  from  time  to  time  by  Congress  as  a  part  of  the  maintenance  and  operation 
of  the  said  canal.  Moneys  received  from  the  conduct  of  said  business  may  be  ex- 
pended and  reinvested  for  such  purposes  without  being  covered  into  the  Treasury 
of  the  United  States;  and  such  moneys  are  hereby  appropriated  for  such  pur- 
poses, but  all  deposits  of  such  funds  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  existing 
law  relating  to  the  deposit  of  other  public  funds  of  the  United  States,  and  any 
net  profits  accruing  from  such  business  shall  annually  be  covered  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States.  Monthly  reports  of  such  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures shall  be  made  to  the  President  by  the  persons  in  charge,  and  annual  reports 
shall  be  made  to  the  Congress. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall,  in  connection  with  the 
operation  of  such  canal,  have  official  control  and  jurisdiction  over  the  Canal 
Zone  and  shall  perform  all  duties  in  connection  with  the  civil  government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  which  is  to  be  held,  treated,  and  governed  as  an  adjunct  of  such 
Panama  Canal.  Unless  in  this  Act  otherwise  provided  all  existing  laws  of  the 
Canal  Zone  referring  to  the  civil  governor  or  the  civil  administration  of  the 
Canal  Zone  shall  be  applicable  to  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  who  shall 
perform  all  such  executive  and  administrative  duties  required  by  existing  law. 
The  President  is  authorized  to  determine  or  cause  to  be  determined  what  towns 
shall  exist  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  subdivide  and  from  time  to  time  resubdivide 
said  Canal  Zone  into  subdivisions,  to  be  designated  by  name  or  number,  so  that 
there  shall  be  situated  one  town  in  each  subdivision,  and  the  boundaries  of  each 
subdivision  shall  be  clearly  defined.  In  each  town  there  shall  be  a  magistrate's 
court  with  exclusive  original  jurisdiction  coextensive  with  the  subdivision  in 
which  it  is  situated  of  all  civil  cases  in  which  the  principal  sum  claimed  does 
not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars,  and  all  criminal  cases  wherein  the  punishment 
that  may  be  imposed  shall  not  exceed  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  both,  and  all  violations  of  police  regulations 
and  ordinances  and  all  actions  involving  possession  or  title  to  personal  property 
or  the  forcible  entry  and  detainer  of  real  estate.  Such  magistrates  shall  also 
hold  preliminary  investigations  in  charges  of  felony  and  offenses  under  section 
ten  of  this  Act,  and  commit  or  bail  in  bailable  cases  to  the  district  court.  A 
sufficient  number  of  magistrates  and  constables,  who  must  be  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  to  conduct  the  business  of  such  courts,  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  for  terms  of  four  years  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  appointed  and  qualified,  and  the  compensation  of  such  persons  shall 
be  fixed  by  the  President,  or  by  his  authority,  until  such  time  as  Congress  may 
by  law  regulate  the  same.  The  rules  governing  said  courts  and  prescribing  the 
duties  of  said  magistrates  and  constables,  oaths  and  bonds,  the  times  and  places 
of  holding  such  courts,  the  disposition  of  fines,  cost,  forfeitures,  enforcements  of 
judgments,  providing  for  appeals  therefrom  to  the  district  court,  and  the  dispo- 
sition, treatment,  and  pardon  of  convicts  shall  be  established  by  order  of  the 
President.  The  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  appoint  all  notaries  public, 


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prescribe  their  powers  and  duties,  their  official  seal,  and  the  fees  to  be  charged 
and  collected  by  them. 

SEC.  8.  That  there  shall  be  in  the  Canal  Zone  one  district  court  with  two 
divisions,  one  including  Balboa  and  the  other  including  Cristobal;  and  one 
district  judge  of  the  said  district,  who  shall  hold  his  court  in  both  divisions 
at  such  time  as  he  may  designate  by  order,  at  least  once  a  month  in  each  divi- 
sion. The  rules  of  practice  in  such  district  court  shall  be  prescribed  or  amended 
by  order  of  the  President.  The  said  district  court  shall  have  original  juris- 
diction of  all  felony  cases,  of  offenses  arising  under  section  ten  of  this  Act,  all 
causes  in  equity ;  admiralty  and  all  cases  at  law  involving  principal  sums  ex- 
ceeding three  hundred  dollars  and  all  appeals  from  judgments  rendered  in 
magistrates'  courts.  The  jurisdiction  in  admiralty  herein  conferred  upon  the 
district  judge  and  the  district  court  shall  be  the  same  that  is  exercised  by 
the  United  States  district  judges  and  the  United  States  district  courts,  and  the 
procedure  and  practice -.shall  also  be  the  same.  The  district  court  or  the 
judge  thereof  shall  also  have  jurisdiction  of  all  other  matters  and  proceedings 
not  herein  provided  for  which  are  now  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  District 
Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  judges  thereof.  Said  judge  shall  provide  for 
the  selection,  summoning,  serving,  and  compensation  of  jurors  from  among 
the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  to  be  subject  to  jury  duty  in  either  division 
of  such  district,  and  a  jury  shall  be  had  in  any  criminal  case  or  civil  case  at 
law  originating  in  said  court  on  the  demand  of  either  party.  There  shall  be 
a  district  attorney  and  a  marshal  for  said  district.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
district  attorney  to  conduct  all  business,  civil  and  criminal,  for  the  Govern- 
ment, and  to  advise  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  all  legal  questions 
touching  the  operation  of  the  canal  and  the  administration  of  civil  affairs. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  marshal  to  execute  all  process  of  the  court,  pre- 
serve order  therein,  and  do  all  things  incident  to  the  office  of  marshal.  The 
district  judge,  the  district  attorney,  and  the  marshal  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  for  terms  of 
four  years  each,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  and 
during  their  terms  of  office  shall  reside  within  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall  hold 
no  other  office  nor  serve  on  any  official  board  or  commission  nor  receive  any 
emoluments  except  their  salaries.  The  district  judge  shall  receive  the  same 
salary  paid  the  district  judges  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  appoint  the 
clerk  of  said  court,  and  may  appoint  one  assistant  when  necessary,  who  shall 
receive  salaries  to  be  fixed  by  the  President.  The  district  judge  shall  be 
entitled  to  six  weeks'  leave  of  absence  each  year  with  pay.  During  his  absence 
or  during  any  period  of  disability  or  disqualification  from  sickness  or  otherwise 
to  discharge  his  duties  the  same  shall  be  temporarily  performed  by  any  circuit 
or  district  judge  of  the  United  States  who  may  be  designated  by  the  President, 
and  who,  during  such  service,  shall  receive  the  additional  mileage  and  per 
diem  allowed  by  law  to  district  judges  of  the  United  States  when  holding 
court  away  from  their  homes.  The  district  attorney  and  the  marshal  shall 
be  paid  each  a  salary  of  five  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

SEC.  9.  That  the  records  of  the  existing  courts  and  all  causes,  proceedings, 
and  criminal  prosecutions  pending  therein  as  shown  by  the  dockets  thereof,  ex- 
cept as  herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  immediately  upon  the  organization  of 
the  courts  created  by  this  Act  be  transferred  to  such  new  courts  having  juris- 
diction of  like  cases,  be  entered  upon  the  dockets  thereof,  and  proceed  as  if 
they  had  originally  been  brought  therein,  whereupon  all  the  existing  courts, 
except  the  supreme  court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  cease  to  exist.  The  Presides! 
may  continue  the  supreme  court  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  retain  the  judges  thereof 
in  office  for  such  time  as  to  him  may  seem  necessary  to  determine  finally  any 
causes  and  proceedings  which  may  be  pending  therein.  All  laws  of  the  Canal 
Zone  imposing  duties  upon  the  clerks  or  ministerial  officers  of  existing  courts 
shall  apply  and  impose  such  duties  upon  the  clerks  and  ministerial  officers  of  the 
new  courts  created  by  this  Act  having  jurisdiction  of  like  cases,  matters,  and 
duties. 

All  existing  laws  in  the  Canal  Zone  governing  practice  and  procedure  in  ex- 
isting courts  shall  be  applicable  and  adapted  to  the  practice  and  procedure  in 
the  new  courts. 

The  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  Fifth  Circuit  of  the  United  States  shall 
have  jurisdiction  to  review,  revise,  modify,  reverse,  or  affirm  the  final  judg- 
ments and  decrees  of  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  to  render  such 


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Judgments  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  said  appellate  court  should  have  been  ren- 
dered by  the  trial  court  in  all  actions  and  proceedings  in  which  the  Constitu- 
tion, or  any  statute,  treaty,  title,  right,  or  privilege  of  the  United  States,  is  in- 
volved and  a  right  thereunder  denied,  and  in  cases  in  which  the  value  in  con- 
troversy exceeds  one  thousand  dollars,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  oath  of  either 
party,  or  by  other  competent  evidence,  and  also  in  criminal  causes  wherein  the 
offense  charged  is  punishable  as  a  felony.  And  such  appellate  jurisdiction,  sub- 
ject to  the  right  of  review  by  or  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  as  in  other  cases  authorized  by  law,  may  be  exercised  by  said  circuit 
court  of  appeals  in  the  same  manner,  under  the  same  regulations,  and  by  the 
same  procedure  as  nearly  as  practicable  as  is  done  in  reviewing  the  final  judg- 
ments and  decrees  of  the  district  courts  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  10.  That  after  the  Panama  Canal  shall  have  been  completed  and  opened 
for  operation  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  have  the  right  to  make 
such  rules  and  regulations,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President,  touching 
the  right  of  any  person  to  remain  upon  or  pass  over  any  part  of  the  Canal  Zone 
as  may  be  necessary.  Any  person  violating  any  of  such  rules  or  regulations 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  in  the  District  Court  of 
the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  or 
by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  a  year,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  by  any  means  or  in  any  way,  to  injure  or 
obstruct,  or  attempt  to  injure  or  obstruct,  any  part  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  the 
locks  thereof  or  the  approaches  thereto.  Any  person  violating  this  provision 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  felony,  and  on  conviction  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal 
Zone  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  or  by  im- 
prisonment not  exceeding  twenty  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
If  the  act  shall  cause  the  death  of  any  person  within  a  year  and  a  day  there- 
after, the  person  so  convicted  shall  be  guilty  of  murder  and  shall  be  punished 
accordingly. 

SEC.  11.  That  section  five  of  the  Act  to  regulate  commerce,  approved  February 
fourth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  as  heretofore  amended,  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  paragraph  at  the  end  thereof,  as  follows: 

"  From  and  after  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  railroad  company  or  other  common  carrier  subject  to  the 
Act  to  regulate  commerce  to  own,  lease,  operate,  control,  or  have  any  interest 
whatsoever  (by  stock  ownership  or  otherwise,  either  directly,  indirectly,  through 
any  holding  company,  or  by  stockholders  or  directors  in  common,  or  in  any 
other  manner)  in  any  common  carrier  by  water  operated  through  the  Panama 
Canal  or  elsewhere  with  which  said  railroad  or  other  carrier  aforesaid  does  or 
may  compete  for  traffic  or  any  vessel  carrying  freight  or  passengers  upon  said 
water  route  or  elsewhere  with  which  said  railroad  or  other  carrier  aforesaid 
does  or  may  compete  for  traffic ;  and  in  case  of  the  violation  of  this  provision 
each  day  in  which  such  violation  continues  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  offense." 

Jurisdiction  is  hereby  conferred  on  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  to 
determine  questions  of  fact  as  to  the  competition  or  possibility  of  competition, 
after  full  hearing,  on  the  application  of  any  railroad  company  or  other  carrier. 
Such  application  may  be  filed  for  the  purpose  of  determining  whether  any 
existing  service  is  in  violation  of  this  section  and  pray  for  an  order  permitting 
the  continuance  of  any  vessel  or  vessels  already  in  operation,  or  for  the  purpose 
of  asking  an  order  to  install  new  service  not  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of 
this  paragraph.  The  commission  may  on  its  own  motion  or  the  application  of 
any  shipper  institute  proceedings  to  inquire  into  the  operation  of  any  vessel  in 
use  by  any  railroad  or  other  carrier  which  has  not  applied  to  the  commission 
and  had  the  question  of  competition  or  the  possibility  of  competition  determined 
as  herein  provided.  In  all  such  cases  the  order  of  said  commission  shall  be 
final. 

If  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  any  such 
existing  specified  service  by  water  other  than  through  the  Panama  Canal  is 
being  operated  in  the  interest  of  the  public  and  is  of  advantage  to  the  conven- 
ience and  commerce  of  the  people,  and  that  such  extension  will  neither  exclude, 
prevent,  nor  reduce  competition  on  the  route  by  water  under  consideration,  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  may,  by  order,  extend  the  time  during  which 
such  service  by  water  may  continue  to  be  operated  beyond  July  first,  nineteen 
hundred  and  fourteen.  In  every  case  of  such  extension  the  rates,  schedules, 
and  practices  of  such  water  carrier  shall  be  filed  with  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  act  to  regulate  commerce  and  all  amend- 
ments thereto  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as  is  the  railroad  or 


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other  common  carrier  controlling  such  water  carrier  or  interested  in  any  manner 
in  its  operation :  Provided,  Any  application  for  extension  under  the  terms  of 
this  provision  filed  with  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  prior  to  July 
first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  but  for  any  reason  not  heard  and  disposed 
of  before  said  date,  may  be  considered  and  granted  thereafter. 

No  vessel  permitted  to  engage  in  the  coastwise  or  foreign  trade  of  the  United 
States  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  or  pass  through  said  canal  if  such  ship  is 
owned,  chartered,  operated,  or  controlled  by  any  person  or  company  which  Is 
doing  business  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
July  second,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  entitled  "An  Act  to  protect  trade 
and  commerce  against  unlawful  restraints  and  monopolies,"  or  the  provisions 
of  sections  seventy-three  to  seventy-seven,  both  inclusive,  of  an  Act  approved 
August  twenty-seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
reduce  taxation,  to  provide  revenue  for  the  Government,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," or  the  provisions  of  any  other  Act  of  Congress  amending  or  supplement- 
ing the  said  Act  of  July  second,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  commonly  known 
as  the  Sherman  Antitrust  Act,  and  amendments  thereto,  or  said  sections  of  the 
Act  of  August  twenty-seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four.  The  question 
of  fact  may  be  determined  by  the  judgment  of  any  court  of  the  United  States  of 
competent  jurisdiction  in  any  cause  pending  before  it  to  which  the  owners  or 
operators  of  such  ship  are  parties.  Suit  may  be  brought  by  any  shipper  or  by 
the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States. 

That  section  six  of  said  Act  to  regulate  commerce,  as  heretofore  amended,  is 
hereby  amended  by  adding  a  new  paragraph  at  the  end  thereof,  as  follows : 

"When  property  may  be  or  is  transported  from  point  to  point  in  the  United 
States  by  rail  and  water  through  the  Panama  Canal  or  otherwise,  the  transpor- 
tation being  by  a  common  carrier  or  carriers,  and  not  entirely  within  the  limits 
of  a  single  State,  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  shall  have  jurisdiction 
of  such  transportation  and  of  the  carriers,  both  by  rail  and  by  water,  which  may 
or  do  engage  in  the  same,  in  the  following  particulars,  in  addition  to  the  juris- 
diction given  by  the  Act  to  regulate  commerce,  as  amended  June  eighteenth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  ten : 

"(a)  To  establish  physical  connection  between  the  lines  of  the  rail  carrier 
and  the  dock  of  the  water  carrier  by  directing  the  rail  carrier  to  make  suitable 
connection  between  its  line  and  a  track  or  tracks  which  have  been  constructed 
from  the  dock  to  the  limits  of  its  right  of  way,  or  by  directing  either  or  both  the 
rail  and  water  carrier,  individually  or  in  connection  with  one  another,  to  con- 
struct and  connect  with  the  lines  of  the  rail  carrier  a  spur  track  or  tracks  to 
the  dock.  This  provision  shall  only  apply  where  such  connection  is  reasonably 
practicable,  can  be  made  with  safety  to  the  public,  and  where  the  amount  of 
business  to  be  handled  is  sufficient  to  justify  the  outlay. 

"The  commission  shall  have  full  authority  to  determine  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions upon  which  these  connecting  tracks,  when  constructed,  shall  be  operated, 
and  it  may,  either  in  the  construction  or  the  operation  of  such  tracks,  determine 
what  suin  shall  be  paid  to  or  by  either  carrier.  The  provisions  of  this  para- 
graph shall  extend  to  cases  where  the  dock  is  owned  by  other  parties  than  the 
carrier  involved. 

"(b)  To  establish  through  routes  and  maximum  joint  rates  between  and  over 
such  rail  and  water  lines,  and  to  determine  all  the  terms  and  conditions  under 
which  such  lines  shall  be  operated  in  the  handling  of  the  traffic  embraced. 

"(c)  To  establish  maximum  proportional  rates  by  rail  to  and  from  the  ports 
to  which  the  traffic  is  brought,  or  from  which  it  is  taken  by  the  water  carrier, 
and  to  determine  to  what  traffic  and  in  connection  with  what  vessels  and  upon 
what  terms  and  conditions  such  rates  shall  apply.  By  proportional  rates  are 
meant  those  which  differ  from  the  corresponding  local  rates  to  and  from  the 
port  and  which  apply  only  to  traffic  which  has  been  brought  to  the  port  or  is 
carried  from  the  port  by  a  common  carrier  by  water. 

"(d)  If  any  rail  carrier  subject  to  the  Act  to  regulate  commerce  enters  into 
arrangements  with  any  water  carrier  operating  from  a  port  in  the  United  States 
to  a  foreign  country,  through  the  Panama  Canal  or  otherwise,  for  the  handling 
of  through  business  between  interior  points  of  the  United  States  and  such  for- 
eign country,  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  may  require  such  railway 
to  enter  into  similar  arrangements  with  any  or  all  other  lines  of  steamships 
operating  from  said  port  to  the  same  foreign  country." 

The  orders  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  relating  to  this  section 
shall  only  be  made  upon  formal  complaint  or  in  proceedings  instituted  by  the 
commission  of  its  own  motion  and  after  full  hearing.  The  orders  provided  for 


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in  the  two  amendments  to  the  Act  to  regulate  commerce  enacted  in  this  section 
shall  be  served  in  the  same  manner  and  enforced  by  the  same  penalties  and  pro- 
ceedings as  are  the  orders  of  the  commission  made  under  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion fifteen  of  the  Act  to  regulate  commerce,  as  amended  June  eighteenth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  ten,  and  they  may  be  conditioned  for  the  payment  of  any  sum 
or  the  giving  of  security  for  the  payment  of  any  sum  or  the  discharge  of  any 
obligation  which  may  be  required  by  the  terms  of  said  order. 

SEC.  12.  That  all  laws  and  treaties  relating  to  the  extradition  of  persons  ac- 
cused of  crime  in  force  in  the  United  States,  to  the  extent  that  they  may  not  be 
in  conflict  with  or  superseded  by  any  special  treaty  entered  into  between  the 
United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  with  respect  to  the  Canal  Zone,  and 
all  laws  relating  to  the  rendition  of  fugitives  from  justice  as  between  the  sev- 
eral States  and  Territories  of  the  United  States,  shall  extend  to  and  be  consid- 
ered in  force  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  such  purposes  and  such  purposes  only 
the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  considered  and  treated  as  an  organized  Territory  of  the 
United  States. 

SEC.  13.  That  in  time  of  war  in  which  the  United  States  shall  be  engaged,  or 
when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President,  war  is  imminent,  such  officer  of  the  Army 
as  the  President  may  designate  shall,  upon  the  order  of  the  President,  assume 
and  have  exclusive  authority  and  jurisdiction  over  the  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  all  of  its  adjuncts,  appendants,  and  appurtenances,  including  the 
entire  control  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  during  a  continuance  of 
such  condition  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall,  in  all  respects  and  par- 
ticulars as  to  the  operation  of  such  Panama  Canal,  and  all  duties,  matters,  and 
transactions  affecting  the  Canal  Zone,  be  subject  to  the  order  and  direction  of 
such  officer  of  the  Army. 

SEC.  14.  That  this  Act  shall  be  known  as,  and  referred  to  as,  the  Panama 
Canal  Act,  and  the  right  to  alter,  amend,  or  repeal  any  or  all  of  its  provisions 
or  to  extend,  modify,  or  annul  any  rule  or  regulation  made  under  its  authority 
is  expressly  reserved. 

Approved,  August  24,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  560,  569.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriation  for  the  smpport  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen. 


PAY  OF  OFFICERS  OF  THE  LINE. 

For  pay  of  officers  of  the  line,  six  million  eight  hundred  and  ninety-three 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  eight  dollars. 

For  additional  pay  to  officers  for  length  of  service,  to  be  paid  with  their 
current  monthly  pay,  one  million  five  hundred  and  twenty-four  thousand  one 
hundred  and  twenty  dollars:  Provided,  That  hereafter  in  time  of  peace  when- 
ever any  officer  holding  a  permanent  commission  in  the  line  of  the  Army  with 
rank  below  that  of  major  shall  not  have  been  actually  present  for  duty  for  at 
least  two  of  the  last  preceding  six  years  with  a  troop,  battery,  or  company, 
of  that  branch  of  the  Army  in  which  he  shall  hold  said  commission,  such  officer 
shall  not  be  detached  nor  permitted  to  remain  detached  from  such  troop,  bat- 
tery, or  company,  for  duty  of  any  kind ;  and  all  pay  and  allowances  shall  be 
forfeited  by  any  superior  for  any  period  during  which,  by  his  order,  or  his 
permission,  or  by  reason  of  his  failure  or  neglect  to  issue  or  cause  to  be  issued 
the  proper  order  or  instructions  at  the  proper  time,  any  officer  shall  be  de- 
tached or  permitted  to  remain  detached  in  violation  of  any  of  the  terms  of  this 
proviso;  but  nothing  in  this  proviso  shall  be  held  to  apply  in  the  case  of  any 
officer  for  such  period  as  shall  be  actually  necessary  for  him,  after  having  been 
relieved  from  detached  service,  to  join  the  troop,  battery?  or  company,  to  which 
he  shall  belong  in  that  branch  in  which  he  shall  hold  a  permanent  commission, 
nor  shall  anything  in  this  proviso  be  held  to  apply  to  the  detachment  or  detail 

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of  officers  for  duty  in  the  Judge  Advocate  General's  Department  or  in  the  Ord- 
nance Department,  or  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal 
until  after  such  canal  shall  have  been  formally  opened,  or  in  the  Philippine 
Constabulary  until  the  first  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen, 
or  to  any  officer  detailed,  or  who  may  be  hereafter  detailed,  for  aviation  duty. 
And  hereafter  no  officer  holding  a  permanent  commission  in  the  Army  with 
rank  below  that  of  major  shall  be  detailed  as  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Insular  Affairs  with  rank  of  colonel,  or  as  commanding  officer  of 
the  Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry,  or  as  chief  or  assistant  chief  (Director 
or  Assistant  Director)  of  the  Philippine  Constabulary,  and  no  other  officers 
of  the  Army  shall  hereafter  be  detailed  for  duty  with  the  said  Constabulary 
except  as  specifically  provided  by  law. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  » 

Approved,  August  24,  1912.     [37  Stat,  571.] 

Joint  Resolution  Amending  the  Army  appropriation  bill. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  in  the  "Act  making  appropriation  for 
the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  ofher  purposes,"  there  be  substituted  for  the  word 
"  hereafter  "  where  it  first  occurs  in  the  first  proviso  under  the  heading  "  Pay 
of  Officers  of  the  Line,"  the  words :  on  and  after  December  fifteenth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  twelve. 

Approved,  August  24,  1912.     [37  Stat.,  645.] 

An  Act  To  pay  certain  employees  of  the  Government  for  injuries  received  while  in  the 

discharge  of  their  duties. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  twenty  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty-three  dollars  and  ninety-eight  cents  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  ap- 
propriated, out  of  any  moneys  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to 
pay  certain  employees  of  the  United  States  Government  for  personal  injuries 
received  while  in  discharge  of  their  duties,  without  any  fault  on  their  part,  and 
to  pay  certain  other  claims  for  damages  to,  and  loss  of  private  property  by  the 
various  departments  of  the  Government,  as  hereinafter  stated,  the  same  being 
in  full,  and  the  receipt  of  the  same  being  taken  in  each  case  as  full  and  final 
release  and  discharge  of  the  respective  claims,  namely : 

******* 

To  pay  five  hundred  dollars  to  Peter  W.  Wigginton  for  the  crushing  of  his 
ankle  joint  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

To  pay  five  hundred  dollars  to  Raymond  R.  Ridenour  for  injury  to  his  hand 
while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

To  pay  one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  to  the  heirs  of  Charles  E.  Stump, 
who  lost  his  life  from  injuries  received  while  in  discharge  of  his  duties  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama. 

******* 

Approved,  February  7,  1913.  [37  Stat.,  1361.] 

An  Act  To  pay  certain  employees  of  the  Government  for  injuries  received  while  in  the 
discharge  of  their  duties,  and  other  claims. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  twenty-two  thousand  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty-one  dollars  and  thirty-eight  cents  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby, 
appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to 
pay  certain  employees  of  the  United  States  Government  for  personal  injuries 
received  while  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  without  any  fault  on  their  part ; 
the  same  being  in  full,  the  receipt  of  the  same  to  be  taken  in  each  case  as  full 
and  final  release  and  discharge  of  the  respective  claims,  namely : 

******* 

To  pay  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  to  John  and  Bessie 
Maher,  dependent  father  and  mother  of  Edward  Maher,  who  lost  his  life  on  the 


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» 

Isthmus  of  Panama,  said  sum  being  equal  to  one  year's  pay  at  the  rate  of  com- 
pensation being  paid  him  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

To  pay  one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  to  Oscar  F.  Lackey,  for  injuries  re- 
ceived while  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  as  assistant 
engineer  in  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  November  twenty-first,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  five. 

To  pay  two  thousand  dollars  to  Pedro  Sanches,  as  compensation  for  the  loss 
of  both  hands,  which  were  blown  off  by  a  premature  explosion  of  dynamite  in 
Culebra  Cut,  Canal  Zone,  on  March  sixteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight. 

To  pay  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty-one  dollars  and  thirty-eight 
cents  to  John  H.  Cole,  as  compensation  for  severe  personal  injuries  and  the 
loss  of  his  right  hand  while  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 
in  the  Canal  Zone  on  May  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight. 

******* 

To  pay  one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  to  Robert  Coggan,  dependent 
father  of  Clifford  J.  Coggan,  who  was  killed  in  the  line  of  his  duty  while  in  the 
employ  of  the  United  States  Government  on  the  Panama  Canal. 

******* 
Approved,  February  18,  1913.     [37  Stat,  1373.] 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled.  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  fourteen,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropri- 
ated, for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 


RELIEF   AND  PROTECTION   OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  $20,000. 
******* 

Approved,  February  28,  1913.     [37  Stat.,  696.] 

An   Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  naval   service  for  the   fiscal  year   ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  and  for  other  purposes: 


PUBLIC    WORKS,    BUREAU   OF    YARDS    AND    DOCKS. 

******* 

Marine  barracks,  Isthmus  of  Panama :  Erection  of  barracks,  quarters,  and 
other  buildings  for  accommodation  of  marines,  $400,000. 

******* 
Approved,  March  4,  1913.     [37  Stat.,  902.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropri- 
ated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply 


84       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen, 
and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


DEPARTMENT  OF   STATE. 

******* 
PAYMENT  TO  PANAMA  TJNDEB  TREATY  OF  NOVEMBER  EIGHTEENTH,  NINETEEN  HUN- 
DRED AND  THREE  :  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  State  to  pay  to  the  Government  of 
Panama  the  first  annual  payment  due  on  February  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  thirteen,  from  the  Government  of  the  United  States  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  Panama  under  the  treaty  of  November  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  three,  $250,000. 

*  ****** 

Approved,  March  4,  1913.     [37  Stat.,  913.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  certain  expenses  incident  to  the  first  session  of  the 
Sixty-third  Congress,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropri- 
ated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  namely  : 


THE  PANAMA  CANAL. 

SEC.  2.  That  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  all  moneys 
received  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  the  governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  from  any  services  rendered  or  materials  and  supplies  furnished  em- 
ployees, the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  the  Canal  Zone  government,  the 
Panama  Government,  and  other  departments  of  the  United  States  Government, 
from  hotel  and  hospital  supplies  and  services;  from  rentals,  wharfage,  and  so 
forth;  from  labor,  materials,  and  supplies  and  other  services  furnished  vessels 
and  to  those  unable  to  obtain  similar  labor,  materials,  supplies,  and  services 
elsewhere,  shall  be  credited  to  the  appropriation  from  which  payments  for  the 
materials,  supplies,  labor,  or  other  services  were  originally  made;  except  that 
moneys  received  from  the  sale  of  material  and  equipment  purchased  and  used 
for  construction  purposes,  and  as  a  reimbursement  for  the  expenditures  incurred 
in  constructing  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  including  interest  on  such  expenditures,  excluding  payments  on 
account  of  the  expenses  for  maintenance  of  such  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pave- 
ments incurred  under  agreement  with  the  Panama  Government,  and  otherwise 
herein  disposed  of,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  as  miscellaneous  receipts; 
and  except  that  after  the  canal  is  opened  for  use  and  operation  the  net  profits 
accruing  from  the  operations  herein  authorized  shall  annually  be  covered  into 
the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  as  provided  for  the  profits  accruing  from 
the  business  authorized  in  section  six  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act. 

That  until  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  when 
any  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or 
acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  no  longer  needed,  or  is 
no  longer  serviceable,  it  may  be  sold  in  such  manner  as  the  President  may 
direct,  and  without  advertising  in  such  classes  of  cases  as  may  be  authorized 
by  him. 

******* 

Approved,  May  1,  1913.     [38  Stat.,  2.] 


An  Act  Providing  certain  legislation  for  the  Panama  California  Exposition  to  be  held  in 
San  Diego,  California,  during  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  require  the  Panama  California  Exposi- 
tion Company,  of  San  Diego,  California,  to  deposit  with  a  depository,  to  be 
named  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  such  sum  or  sums  of  money  as  in  the 


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discretion  of  the  Secretary  shall  be  necessary  to  cover  awards,  medals,  certifi- 
cates, prizes,  and  premiums,  and  all  other  obligations  incurred  by  said  corpora- 
tion with  exhibitors  at  the  Panama  California  Exposition,  which  money  shall  be 
held  by  said  depository  as  a  pledge  to  the  United  States  Government  for  a 
faithful  fulfillment  of  the  above  obligations;  or  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
may,  in  lieu  of  such  cash  pledge,  accept  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  from  said 
exposition  company,  to  be  approved  by  him  and  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  every  liability  or  obligation  incurred  by  said  exposition  company  in 
respect  to  exhibitors  at  said  exposition,  to  be  held  in  San  Diego,  California, 
during  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  articles  that  shall  be  imported  from  foreign  countries  for 
the  sole  purpose  of  exhibition  at  the  Panama  California  Exposition  upon 
which  there  shall  be  a  tariff  or  customs  duty  shall  be  admitted  free  of  the 
payment  of  duty,  customs  fees,  or  charges,  under  such  regulations  as  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  prescribe;  but  it  shall  be  lawful  at  any  time 
during  the  exposition  to  sell,  for  delivery  at  the  close  thereof,  any  goods  or 
property  imported  for  and  actually  on  exhibition  in  the  exposition  buildings 
or  on  the  grounds,  subject  to  such  regulations  for  the  security  of  the  revenue 
and  for  the  collection  of  import  duties  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may 
prescribe:  Provided,  That  all  such  articles  when  sold  or  withdrawn  for  con- 
sumption or  use  in  the  United  States  shall  be  subject  to  the  duty,  if  any, 
imposed  upon  such  articles  by  the  revenue  laws  in  force  at  the  date  of  with- 
drawal ;  and  on  such  articles  which  shall  have  suffered  diminution  or  deteriora- 
tion from  incidental  handling  and  necessary  exposure,  the  duty,  if  paid,  shall 
be  assessed  according  to  the  appraised  value  at  the  time  of  withdrawal  for 
consumption  or  use,  and  the  penalties  prescribed  by  law  shall  be  enforced 
against  any  person  guilty  of  any  illegal  sale,  use,  or  withdrawal. 

Approved,  May  22,  1913.     [38  Stat.,  3.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 

States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 

the  same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for 

the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  namely: 

******* 

THE  PANAMA   CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two, 
and  Acts  amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto: 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, including  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other 
employees  in  the  United  States,  $153,393; 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in 
the  United  States  (including  rent  of  the  Panama  Canal  building  in  the  District 
of  Columbia,  $7,500,  textbooks  and  books  of  reference,  $1,000,  and  additional 
compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  extra  services  in 
auditing  accounts  of  the  Panama  Canal,  $1,000),  $63,000; 

Third.  For  pay  of  members  of  the  commission  and  officers  and  employees 
on  the  Isthmus,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil  engineers, 
superintendents,  instrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  draftsmen, 
timekeepers,  mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  quartermasters,  clerks,  ac- 
coutants,  stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and 
subforemen,  wagon  masters,  watchmen,  and  stewards,  including  those  tem- 
porarily detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  in  the  departments  of  con- 
struction and  engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and 
examination  of  accounts,  and  for  those  employed  in  connection  with  the  preser- 
vation of  plans,  drawings,  and  other  records,  $2,725,000:  Provided,  That  not 
more  than  $5,000  of  this  appropriation  shall  be  paid  as  compensation  to  the 
secretary  of  the  commission; 


86       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakernen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers;  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  contsruction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts, 
$6,125,000; 

Fifth.  For  the  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment, 
including  cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident 
thereto,  whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in 
the  United  States  as  the  commission  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  con- 
struction of  the  Panama  Canal,  including  the  construction  in  the  United  States 
in  Government  or  private  yards,  in  accordance  with  plans  and  specifications  to 
be  prepared  by  the  Navy  Department,  and  to  have  a  cargo  capacity  of  twelve 
thousand  tons  of  coal  and  a  speed  of  at  least  fourteen  knots  per  hour,  two 
colliers  to  cost  not  exceeding  $1,000,000  each,  and  including  the  payment  of 
damages  caused  to  the  owners  of  private  lands,  or  private  property  of  any  kind, 
by  reason  of  the  grants  contained  in  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and 
the  Republic  of  Panama  proclaimed  February  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  four,  or  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the  United  States,  its  agents  or  em- 
ployees, or  by  reason  of  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and 
protection  of  the  said  canal  or  of  the  works  of  sanitation  and  protection  therein 
provided  for,  whether  compromised  by  agreement  between  the  claimant  and 
the  chairman  of  the  commission  or  allowed  by  a  joint  commission,  and  the  pay- 
ment for  land  and  land  under  water  as  authorized  in  section  three  of  the 
Panama  Canal  Act,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements,  and  examination  of  accounts, 
$5,000,000 ; 

Sixth.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery 
and  printing,  local  railway  transportation,  special  trains,  including  pay-train 
service ;  transportation  of  currency  to  the  Isthmus,  recruiting  and  transporting 
laborers,  transporting  employees  from  the  United  States,  repatriating  laborers 
and  employees,  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  on  the  Isthmus  on 
official  business;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  esti- 
mates for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus,  and  all  other  incidental  and  con- 
tingent expenses  not  otherwise  provided  for,  for  the  departments  of  construc- 
tion and  engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examina- 
tion of  accounts,  $725,000; 

Seventh.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment of  civil  administration,  of  officers  and  employees,  other  than  skilled  and 
unskilled  labor,  including  foremen,  subforemen,  watchmen,  messengers,  and 
storekeepers,  of  the  departments  of  civil  administration  and  law,  including 
those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus, 
together  with  the  necessary  portion  of  such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as  water 
rentals  or  directly  by  the  Government  of  Panama  for  the  maintenance  of 
waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  $500,000 ; 

Eighth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  for  the  department  of  civil  adminis- 
tration, the  necessary  portion  of  such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as  water  rentals 
or  directly  by  the  Government  of  Panama  for  the  maintenance  of  waterworks, 
sewers,  and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon ; 

Ninth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, and  contingent  expenses  of  the  departments  of  civil  administration  and 
law,  including  not  exceeding  $500  for  law  books,  together  with  the  necessary 
portion  of  such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as  water  rentals  or  directly  by  the  Gov- 
ernment of  Panama  for  the  maintenance  of  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements 
in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  $74,000. 

Tenth.  For  pay  of  the  member  of  the  commission  in  charge,  of  officers  and 
employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  hospital  dispensers, 
internes,  nurses,  attendants,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen, 
watchmen,  and  stewards,  of  the  department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus, 
including  those  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  $450,000 ; 

Eleventh.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  of  every  grade  and  kind,  for  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  $150,000 ; 

Twelfth.  For  materials,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, medical  aid  and  support  of  the  insane,  and  of  indigent  persons  permanently 
disabled,  while  in  the  line  of  duty  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  from  earning  a  livelihood,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  depart- 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OP  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       87 

merit  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  including  not  exceeding  $100,000  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  quarantine  station,  $300,000 ; 

The  foregoing  sums,  so  far  as  necessary,  shall  be  available  for  the  operation 
of  the  canal,  for  the  permanent  organization  authorized  to  be  established  under 
the  Panama  Canal  Act,  for  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves, 
warehouses,  storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances  for 
the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs  and  supplies, 
for  office  buildings,  quarters,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  for  the  payment  of 
claims  arising  out  of  injuries  or  deaths  of  employees,  and  for  the  consolidation 
and  preservation  of  the  tiles  of  papers  and  other  records  which  have  accumu- 
lated or  may  accumulate  during  the  construction  of  the  canal  and  needed  or 
useful  or  having  a  permanent  value  or  historical  interest; 

In  all,  $16,265,393,  the  same  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue 
available  until  expended:  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appro- 
priations heretofore,  herein,  and  hereafter  made  for  the  construction  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  including  any  portion  of  such  appropriations  which  may  be 
used  for  the  construction  of  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves, 
warehouses,  storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances  for 
the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and  supplies, 
for  the  construction  of  office  buildings  and  quarters,  and  other  necessary  build- 
ings, exclusive  of  fortifications,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  used  for  operating 
t,he  canal  and  for  the  permanent  organization  after  the  canal  is  opened  for  use 
and  operation,  shall  be  paid  from  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United 
States  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the 
said  Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section 
thirty-nine  of  the  tariff  Act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and  unfore- 
seen at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  except  for  those  employed  in 
connection  with  the  construction  of  permanent  quarters,  offices  and  other  neces- 
sary buildings,  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  warehouses, 
storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances,  for  the  purpose 
of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs  and  supplies,  and  except 
for  the  permanent  operating  organization  under  which  the  compensation  of 
the  various  positions  is  limited  by  section  four  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act, 
there  shall  not  be  employed  at  any  time  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  fourteen  under  any  of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  any  greater  number  of  persons  than  are  specified  in  the  notes  submitted 
respectively  in  connection  with  the  estimates  for  each  of  said  appropriations  in 
the  annual  Book  of  Estimates  for  said  year,  nor  shall  there  be  paid  to  any  of 
such  persons  during  that  fiscal  year  any  greater  rate  of  compensation  than 
was  authorized  to  be  paid  to  persons  occupying  the  same  or  like  positions  on 
the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve ;  and  all  employments  made 
or  compensation  increased  because  of  emergencies  or  conditions  so  arising 
shall  be  specifically  set  forth,  with  the  reasons  therefor,  by  the  chairman  of  the 
commission  in  his  report  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen. 

In  cases  of  emergencies  arising  subsequent  to  and  unforeseen  at  the  time  of 
submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing 
amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably  for  expenditure  on  objects  named; 
but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be  added  to  any  one  item  of  the 
appropriation. 

No  part  of  the  foregoing  appropriations  for  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  applied 
to  the  payment  of  allowances  for  longevity  service,  or  lay-over  days  other 
than  such  as  may  have  accumulated  under  existing  orders  of  the  commission, 
prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

FORTIFICATIONS,    PANAMA   CANAL. 

For  the  following  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended, 
namely : 

Surveys :  For  detailed  surveys  of  the  areas  on  the  Canal  Zone  required  for 
military  purposes,  including  the  cost  of  marking  permanently  the  boundaries 
of  such  areas,  $12,000 ; 

Purchase  of  land :  For  the  purchase  of  land  on  the  Canal  Zone  required  for 
military  purposes,  $50,000 ; 

Seacoast  batteries:  For  the  construction  of  seacoast  batteries  on  the  Canal 
Zone,  $2,365,000; 


88       TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Electric  light  and  power  plants:  For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  elec- 
tric light  and  power  plants  for  the  seacoast  fortifications  on  the  Canal  Zone, 
$173,000; 

Searchlights:  For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  searchlights  for  the  sea- 
coast  fortifications  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $285,000; 

Sanitary  clearing:  For  sanitary  clearing,  filling,  and  drainage  in  vicinity  of 
camps,  posts,  and  defensive  works  on  the  Canal  Zone,  as  follows : 

Margarita  Island — 

For  filling  swamp  in  rear  defensive  works,  $180,000 ; 

For  clearing  and  improving  permanent  post  site  and  drill  ground  at  Mira- 
flores,  $30,000 ; 

Armament  of  fortifications :  For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  sea- 
coast  cannon  for  coast  defense,  including  their  carriages,  sights,  implements, 
equipments,  and  the  machinery  necessary  for  their  manufacture  at  the  arsenals, 
to  cost  ultimately  not  to  exceed  $2,506,000,  $1,000,000 :  Provided,  That  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  is  authorized  to  transfer  to  and  use  in  the  fortifications  of  the 
Panama  Canal  one  sixteen-inch  gun  and  carriage,  procured,  or  to  be  procured, 
out  of  appropriations  heretofore  made  under  armament  of  fortifications  for  con- 
tinental United  States; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  cannon, 
including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  therewith,  and  the  ma- 
chinery necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $575,000; 

Fire  control :  For  the  construction  of  fire-control  stations  and  the  purchase 
and  installation  of  accessories  therefor,  $200,000 ; 

In  all,  specifically  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  $4,870,000. 

The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  and  directed  to  cause  to  be  prepared  and 
submit  to  Congress  on  or  before  December  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirteen,  complete  plans  for,  and  detailed  estimates  of,  barracks  and  quarters 
for  the  mobile  army  and  seacoast  artillery  on  the  Canal  Zone  and  in  the 
Hawaiian  Islands. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  funds  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  from 
rentals  of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  and  from  the  zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and 
fines,  and  collected  or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of 
the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  includ- 
ing June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  as  follows:  The  revenues 
derived  from  the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service;  the  re- 
maining revenues,  including  any  balances  unexpended  in  prior  years,  after 
setting  aside  a  miscellaneous  and  contingent  fund  of  "not  exceeding  ten  thou- 
sand dollars,  to  the  maintenance  of  the  public-school  system  in  the  zone ;  to  the 
construction  and  maintenance  of  public  improvements  within  the  zone;  to  the 
maintenance  of  the  administrative  districts;  and  for  the  expenses  of  the  sub- 
divisions of  the  Canal  Zone  after  they  are  established  under  section  seven  of 
the  Panama  Canal  Act ;  to  the  maintenance  of  Canal  Zone  charity  patients  in 
the  hospitals  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the  maintenance  of 
administrative  district  prisoners.  A  detailed  and  classified  statement  of  all 
receipts  and  expenditures  without  the  duplication  of  items  under  this  para- 
graph shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nine- 
teen hundred  and  fourteen. 

SEC.  3.  That  hereafter  the  head  of  each  executive  department  and  other 
Government  establishment  shall,  on  or  before  July  first  in  every  fiscal  year, 
designate  from  among  the  officials  employed  therein  one  person  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  supervise  the  classification  and  compilation  of  all  estimates  of 
appropriations,  including  supplemental  and  deficiency  estimates  to  be  sub- 
mitted by  such  department  or  establishment.  In  the  performance  of  their 
duties  persons  so  designated  shall  have  due  regard  for  the  requirements  of 
all  laws  respecting  the  preparation  of  estimates,  including  the  manner  and  time 
of  their  submission  through  the  Treasury  Department  to  Congress;  they  shall 
also,  as  nearly  as  may  be  practicable,  eliminate  from  all  such  estimates  unnec- 
essary words  and  make  uniform  the.  language  commonly  used  in  expressing 
purposes  or  conditions  of  appropriations. 

******* 

SEC.  6.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  repealed. 


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SEC.  7.  That  section  eight  of  the  District  of  Columbia  appropriation  Act. 
approved  June  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  shall  not  take 
effect  or  be  operative  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen 
except  to  the  extent  that  it  prohibits  the  payment  of  membership  fees  or  dues 
in  societies  or  associations :  Provided,  That  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  fourteen  expenses  of  attendance  of  officers  or  employees  of  the  Gov- 
ernment at  any  meeting  or  convention  of  members  of  any  society  or  association 
shall  be  incurred  only  on  the  written  authority  and  direction  of  the  heads  of 
executive  departments  or  other  Government  establishments  or  the  Government 
of  the  District  of  Columbia;  and  a  detailed  statement  of  all  such  expenses 
incurred  from  June  thirtieth  until  December  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirteen,  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  on  or  before  January  first,  nineteen 
hundred  and  fourteen. 

TO    PROVIDE    FOB    THE    PARTICIPATION    OF    THE    UNITED    STATES    IN    THE    PANAMA- 
PACIFIC  INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION. 

There  shall  be  exhibited  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  to 
be  held  at  San  Francisco  in  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  such  articles  and 
materials  as  illustrate  the  function  and  administrative  faculty  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  tending  to  demonstrate  the  nature  and  growth  of  our 
institutions,  their  adaptation  to  the  wants  of  the  people,  and  the  progress  of  the 
Nation  in  the  arts  of  peace  and  war ;  and  the  President  is  authorized  to  provide 
for  the  collection  and  exhibition  of  such  articles  and  materials  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  board,  which  is  hereby  created,  to  be  known  as  the  Government 
Exhibit  Board,  which  shall  be  composed  of  three  members  to  be  named  by  the 
President  from  persons  in  the*  executive  departments,  who  after  consultation 
with  the  heads  of  the  executive  departments  and  the  Regents  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission,  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  the  Commissioners  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  the  American  National  Red  Cross,  the  Commission  of  Fine 
Arts,  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  the  Public  Printer,  the  Governor  of  Porto 
Rico,  the  Governor  of  Alaska,  the  Governor  of  Hawaii,  and  the  United 
States  Geographic  Board,  shall  determine,  the  nature,  character,  and  extent  of 
the  exhibits  to  be  made,  and  shall  be  charged  with  the  selection,  purchase, 
preparation,  safe-keeping,  exhibition,  and  return  of  such  articles  and  materials 
as  said  board  may  decide  shall  be  exhibited.  Before  any  obligations  are  in- 
curred of  any  nature,  said  board  shall  have  arranged  the  scope  of  such  exhibits 
so  as  to  provide  for  the  collection,  exhibition,  and  return  of  such  articles  and 
materials  at  a  cost,  which  together  with  all  other  expenses  herein  authorized, 
shall  not  exceed  the  amount  hereinafter  appropriated.  The  President  shall 
designate  one  member  of  said  board  as  chairman,  and  from  persons  in  the 
employ  of  the  United  States  Government  may  designate  a  secretary  and  a  dis- 
bursing officer  for  said  board,  and  may  also  detail  such  other  persons,  including 
officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  assist  said  board. 
All  officers  and  employees  of  the  Government  who  may  be  detailed  as  aforesaid 
shall  receive  no  compensation  in  addition  to  their  regular  salaries,  but  shall  be 
allowed  their  actual  and  necessary  traveling  expenses,  together  with  a  per  diem 
in  lieu  of  subsistence,  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  but  in  no 
case  to  exceed  $5  per  day  while  necessarily  absent  from  their  homes  engaged 
upon  the  business  of  the  board.  Any  officer  of  the  Army  or  Navy  so  detailed 
shall  receive  this  allowance  in  lieu  of  the  transportation  and  mileage  now 
allowed  him  by  law.  Any  provision  of  law  which  may  prohibit  the  detail  of 
persons,  in  the  employ  of  the  United  States  to  other  service  than  that  which 
they  customarily  perform,  shall  not  apply  to  persons  detailed  to  duty  in  con- 
nection with  said  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition.  Employees  of  the 
board  not  otherwise  employed  by  the  Government  shall  be  entitled  to  such 
compensation  as  the  board  may  determine:  Provided,  That  compensation  shall 
not  be  paid  to  any  such  employee  at  a  rate  in  excess  of  $3,000  per  annum.  The 
disbursing  officer  shall  give  bond  in  the  sum  of  $30,000  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  his  duties,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  advance  to  said  officer  from  time  to  time, 
under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  prescribe,  a  sum 
of  money  from  the  appropriation  herein  made  for  the  governmental  participa- 
tion in  the  exposition,  not  exceeding  at  any  one  time  the  penalty  of  his  bond, 
to  enable  him  to  pay  the  expenses  of  exhibition  as  authorized  by  the  exhibit 
board. 


90       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGKESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Suitable  buildings  for  the  housing  of  all  said  exhibits  shall  be  provided  by 
the  Panama  Pacific  International  Exposition  Company  without  expense  of  any 
kind  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States. 

For  the  purpose  of  inaugurating,  installing,  maintaining,  and  returning  said 
Government  exhibits,  together  with  all  other  expenses  of  every  kind  con- 
nected therewith,  $500,000.  Said  sum  shall  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  from  time  to  time  under  such  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  is  authoried  to  detail  three  civilian  officers 
or  employees  from  the  executive  departments  as  members  of  a  commission 
which  is  hereby  constituted  as  the  National  Exposition  Commission,  one  of 
said  commissioners  who  shall  be  the  chairman  of  said  commission,  shall  be 
detailed  from  the  Department  of  State.  Vacancies  in  said  commission  shall 
be  filled  in  the  same  manner  as  original  appointments.  Each  commissioner 
shall  receive  in  addition  to  his  original  compensation  his  actual  necessary 
traveling  expenses  and  an  allowance  of  $10  per  day  in  lieu  of  subsistence. 
Said  commissioners  may  appoint  a  secretary  at  $2,500  per  annum,  and  the 
sum  of  $15,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  m&y  be  necessary,  may  be  expended  for 
clerical,  office,  and  other  necessary  and  actual  expenses  of  said  commission. 

Said  commission  shall  be  authorized  and  empowered  to  act  as  a  board  of 
arbitration  to  settle  and  determine  any  and  all  disputes  arising  between  the 
commissioners  of  foreign  Governments  and  the  directors  of  said  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition,  whenever  a  formal  request  for  such  action 
is  made  by  any  foreign  commissioner ;  and  said  National  Exposition  Commis- 
sion shall  represent  the  Government  of  the  United  States  at  said  exposition 
in  the  reception  and  care  of  persons  officially  representing  foreign  Governments. 

Said  National  Exposition  Commissioners  shall  be  detailed  not  earlier  than 
July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  and^  their  term  of  service  as  said 
commissioners  shall  not  extend  beyond  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
sixteen,  and  the  President  may  terminate  said  commission  at  any  time  after 
January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen. 

Approved,  June  23,  1913.     [38  Stat,  71,  77.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 
OFFICE   OF   AUDITOR   FOR    WAR    DEPARTMENT. 

The  money  accounts  of  the  Panama  Canal,  under  the  Panama  Canal  Act  of 
August  twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve  (Statutes  at  Large,  volume 
thirty-seven,  page  five  hundred  and  sixty),  shall  continue  to  be  audited  by 
the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  October  22,  1913.     [38  Stat.,  209.] 


Joint  Resolution  For  recognition  of  the  services  of  the  late  David  Du  B.  Gaillard,  lieu- 
tenant colonel,  Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  as  a  member  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  and  for  the  relief  of  Mrs.  Katherine  Davis  Gaillard. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to 
pay,  out  of  moneys  appropriated  for  the  salaries  of  the  members  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  to  Katherine  Gaillard,  widow  of  David  Du  B.  Gaillard, 
lieutenant  colonel,  Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  late  an  Isthmian 
Canal  commissioner,  an  amount  equal  to  the  salary  for  one  year,  as  a  member 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       91 

of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  of  the  said  David  Du  B.  Gaillard,  who  died 
on  December  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  from  disease  resulting  from 
his  long  and  arduous  service  in  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 
Approved,  December  22,  19]  3.     [38  Stat,  1464.] 


An  Act  To  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  prohibit  the  importation  and  use  of  opium 
for  other  than  medicinal  purposes,"  approved  February  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to 
prohibit  the  importation  and  use  of  opium  for  other  than  medicinal  purposes," 
approved  February  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  is  hereby  amended  so 
us  to  read  as  follows : 

*  *  ***** 

"  SEC.  5.  That  no  smoking  opium  or  opium  prepared  for  smoking  shall  be 
admitted  into  the  United  States,  or  into  any  territory  under  the  control  or 
jurisdiction  thereof,  for  transportation  to  another  country,  nor  shall  such  opium 
be  transferred  or  transshipped  from  one  vessel  to  another  vessel  within  any 
waters  of  the  United  States  for  immediate  exportation  or  any  other  purpose. 

"  SEC.  6.  That  hereafter  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  to  export  or  cause  to  be  exported  from  the 
United  States,  or  from  territory  under  its  control  or  jurisdiction,  or  from  coun- 
tries in  which  the  United  States  exercises  extraterritorial  jurisdiction,  any 
opium  or  cocaine,  or  any  salt,  derivative,  or  preparation  of  opium  or  cocaine, 
to  any  other  country :  Provided,  That  opium  or  cocaine,  and  salts,  derivatives, 
or  preparations  thereof,  except  smoking  opium  or  opium  prepared  for  smoking, 
the  exportation  of  which  is  hereby  absolutely  prohibited,  may  be  exported  to 
countries  regulating  their  entry  under  such  regulations  as  are  prescribed  by 
such  country  for  the  importation  thereof  into  such  country,  such  regulations 
to  be  promulgated  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United 
States. 

"  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  request  all  foreign  Governments  to  communi- 
cate through  the  diplomatic  channels  copies  of  laws  and  regulations  promul- 
gated in  their  respective  countries  which  prohibit  or  regulate  the  importation 
of  the  aforesaid  drugs,  and  when  received  advise  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury and  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  thereof;  whereupon  the  Secretary  of 
State,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  shall 
make  and  publish  all  proper  regulations  for  carrying  the  provisions  of  this 
section  into  effect. 

"  SEC.  7.  That  any  person  who  exports  or  causes  to  be  exported  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs  in  violation  of  the  preceding  section  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  $5,000  nor  less  than  $50  or  by  imprisonment  for  any  time 
not  exceeding  two  years,  or  both.  And  one-half  of  any  fine  recovered  from 
any  person  or  persons  convicted  of  an  offense  under  any  section  of  this  Act 
may  be  paid  to  the  person  or  persons  giving  information  leading  to  such  recov- 
ery, and  one-half  of  any  bail  forfeited  and  collected  in  any  proceedings  brought 
under  this  Act  may  be  paid  to  the  person  or  persons  giving  the  information 
which  led  to  the  institution  of  such  proceedings,  if  so  directed  by  the  court 
exercising  jurisdiction  in  the  case:  Provided,  That  no  payment  for  giving  in- 
formation shall  be  made  to  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States. 
******* 

Approved,  January  17,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  275.] 


An  Act  To  authorize  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  locate,  construct,  and  operate 
railroads  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  of  the  United 
States  is  hereby  empowered,  authorized,  and  directed  *  *  *  to  utilize 
in  carrying  on  the  work  herein  provided  for  any  and  all  machinery,  equip- 
ment, instruments,  material,  and  other  property  of  any  sort  whatsoever  used 
or  acquired  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  so  far 


92       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

and  as  rapidly  as  the  same  is  no  longer  needed  at  Panama,  and  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  deliver  said  property  to  such  officers 
or  persons  as  the  President  may  designate,  and  to  take  credit  therefor  at  such 
percentage  of  its  original  cost  as  the  President  may  approve,  but  this  amount 
shall  not  be  charged  against  the  fund  provided  for  in  this  Act. 

******* 

Approved,  March  12,  1914.     [38  Stat,  305,  306.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  ap- 
propriated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to 
supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  fourteen  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely: 
*  ****** 

Payment  to  Panama :  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  State  to  pay  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  Panama  the  second  annual  payment  due  on  February  twenty-sixth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  from  the  Government  of  the  United  States  to 
the  Government  of  Panama  under  treaty  of  November  eighteenth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  three,  $250,000. 

******* 

On  and  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  unless  otherwise 
expressly  provided  by  law,  no  officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
allowed  or  paid  any  sum  in  excess  of  expenses  actually  incurred  for  subsist- 
ence while  traveling  on  duty  outside  of  the. District  of  Columbia  and  away 
from  his  desiginated  post  of  duty,  nor  any  sum  for  such  expenses  actually  in- 
curred in  excess  of  $5  per  day ;  nor  shall  any  allowance  or  reimbursement  for 
subsistence  be  paid  to  any  officer  or  employee  in  any  branch  of  the  public 
service  of  the  United  States  in  the  District  of  Columbia  unless  absent  from  his 
designated  post  of  duty  outside  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  then  only  for 
the  period  of  time  actually  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  official  duties. 


PANAMA   CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of"  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two, 
and  Acts  amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto,  and  to  continue  avail- 
able until  expended: 

For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers,  conduc- 
tors, firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists,  black- 
smiths, and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers ;  janitors,  sailors,  cooks,  waiters, 
and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering,  quarter- 
master's, subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts,  $2,250,000. 

For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  buildings, 
medical  aid  and  support  of  the  insane,  and  of  indigent  persons  permanently 
disabled,  while  in  the  line  of  duty  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  from  earning  a  livelihood,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  depart- 
ment of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  $200,000. 

For  the  following  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  to  continue  available  until  expended,  namely: 

Submarine-mine  structures :  For  the  construction  of  mining  casemates,  cable 
galleries,  torpedo  structures,  cable  tanks,  and  other  structures  necessary  for 
the  operation,  preservation,  and  care  of  submarine  mines  and  their  accessories 
on  the  Canal  Zone,  $55,000. 

For  the  construction  of  field  fortifications,  $194,350. 

Such  portion  of  the  appropriation  of  $180,000,  made  in  the  sundry  civil 
appropriation  Act  approved  June  twenty-third,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen, 
for  filling  swamp  in  rear  of  defensive  works  at  Margarita  Island  as  may  not 


TKEATTES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       93 

be  required  for  that  purpose  may  be  applied  to  filling  swamp  land  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  defensive  works  at  Toro  Point. 

For  the  purpose  of  paying  the  expenses  of  formally  and  officially  opening 
the  Panama  Canal  as  provided  in  section  four  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act, 
including  the  compensation  of  such  persons  as  may  be  appointed  by  the  President 
to  provide  for  such  opening  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  the  President  is  authorized  to  use  out  of  the  moneys  heretofore  or  here- 
after appropriated  for  the  construction,  completion,  operation,  or  maintenance 
of  the  Panama  Canal  the  sum  of  $25,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 
necessary.  The  appointment  of  persons  in  the  military  and  naval  service  of 
the  United  States  is  hereby  expressly  authorized :  Provided,  That,  if  any  person 
so  appointed  shall  be  employed  in  either  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the 
United  States,  the  amount  of  compensation  fixed  by  the  President  under  this 
resolution  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  official  salary  paid  to  such  person. 

The  wage  scale  of  the  persons  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal  in  effect  prior  to  April  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  shall  con- 
tinue unchanged  during  the  period  of  actual  construction,  but  not  later  than 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen ;  and  no  claim  of  any  person  em- 
ployed in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be 
recognized  or  paid  by  the  United  States  for  longevity  service  or  lay-over  days 
accruing  subsequently  to  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Authority  is  hereby  given  to  employ  and  pay,  from  appropriations  heretofore 
or  hereafter  made,  an  attorney  versed  in  the  Spanish  law,  and  familiar  with 
the  conditions  on  the  Isthmus  in  connection  with  the  acquisition  of  privately 
owned  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  in  connection  with  the  codification  of  the 
Canal  Zone  laws,  at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  $7,200  per  annum. 

******* 

SEC.  5.  That  no  part  of  any  money  appropriated  in  this  or  any  other  Act 
shall  be  used  for  compensation  or  payment  of  expenses  of  accountants  or  other 
experts  in  inaugurating  new  or  changing  old  methods  of  transacting  the  business 
of  the  United  States  or  the  District  of  Columbia  unless  authority  for  employ- 
ment of  such  services  or  payment  of  such  expenses  is  stated  in  specific  terms 
in  the  Act  making  provision  therefor  and  the  rate  of  compensation  for  such 
services  or  expenses  is  specifically  fixed  therein,  or  be  used  for  compensation 
of  or  expenses  for  persons,  aiding  or  assisting  such  accountants  or  other  ex- 
perts, unless  the  rate  of  compensation  of  or  expenses  for  such  assistants  is 
fixed  by  officers  or  employees  of  the  United  States  or  District  of  Columbia  having 
authority  to  do  so,  and  such  rates  of  compensation  or  expenses  so  fixed  shall 
be  paid  only  to  the  person  so  employed. 

Approved,  April  6,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  329,  335.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  for  other  purposes : 

******* 

And  provided  further,  That  after  September  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  four- 
teen, in  time  of  peace,  whenever  any  officer  holding  a  permanent  commission 
in  the  line  of  the  Army,  with  rank  of  colonel,  lieutenant  colonel,  or  major,  shall 
not  have  been  actually  present  for  duty  for  at  least  two  years  of  the  last  pre- 
ceding six  years  with  a  command  composed  of  not  less  than  two  troops,  bat- 
teries, or  companies  of  that  branch  of  the  Army  in  which  he  shall  hold  said 
commission,  such  officer  shall  not  be  detached  nor  permitted  to  remain  detached 
from  such  command  for  duty  of  any  kind  except  as  hereinafter  specifically 
provided ;  and  all  pay  and  allowances  shall  be  forfeited  by  any  superior  for  any 
period  during  which,  by  his  order  or  his  permission,  or  by  reason  of  his  failure 
or  neglect  to  issue  or  cause  to  be  issued  the  proper  order  or  instructions  at  the 
proper  time,  any  officer  shall  be  detached  or  permitted  to  remain  detached  in 
violation  of  any  of  the  terms  of  this  Act ;  but  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  held 
to  apply  in  the  case  of  any  officer  for  such  period  as  shall  be  actually  necessar* 


94       TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

for  him,  after  having  been  relieved  from  detached  service,  to  join  the  organiza- 
tion or  command  to  which  he  shall  belong  in  that  branch  in  which  he  shall 
hold  a  permanent  commission ;  nor  shall  anything  in  this  Act  be  held  to  apply  to 
the  detachment  or  detail  of  officers  for  duty  in  connection  with  the  construction 
of  the  Panama  Canal  until  after  such  canal  shall  have  been  formally  opened. 
******* 

Approved,  April  27,  1914.     [38  U.  S.  Stats.,  357.] 


An  Act  To  amend  section  five  of  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  pro- 
tection, and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the 
Canal  Zone,"  approved  August  twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  second  sentence  in  section 
five  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  pro- 
tection, and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  sanitation  and  government 
of  the  Canal  Zone,"  approved  August  twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
twelve,  which  reads  as  follows :  "  No  tolls  shall  be  levied  upon  vessels  engaged 
in  the  coastwise  trade  of  the  United  States,"  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  re- 
pealed. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  third  sentence  of  the  third  paragraph  of  said  section  of  said 
Act  be  so  amended  as  to  read  as  follows:  "When  based  upon  net  registered 
tonnage  for  ships  of  commerce  the  tolls  shall  not  exceed  $1.25  per  net  registered 
ton,  nor  be  less  than  75  cents  per  net  registered  ton,  subject,  however,  to  the 
provisions  of  article  nineteen  of  the  convention  between  the  United  States  and 
the  Republic  of  Panama,  entered  into  November  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  three  " :  Provided,  That  the  passage  of  this  Act  shall  not  be  construed  or 
held  as  a  waiver  or  relinquishment  of  any  right  the  United  States  may  have 
under  the  treaty  with  Great  Britain,  ratified  the  twenty-first  of  February,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  two,  or  the  treaty  with  the  Republic  of  Panama,  ratified 
February  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  or  otherwise,  to  discriminate 
in  favor  of  its  vessels  by  exempting  the  vessels  of  the  United  States  or  its  citi- 
zens from  the  payment  of  tolls  for  passage  through  said  canal,  or  as  in  any 
way  waiving,  impairing,  or  affecting  any  right  of  the  United  States  under  said 
treaties,  or  otherwise,  with  respect  to  the  sovereignty  over  or  the  ownership, 
control,  and  management  of  said  canal  and  the  regulation  of  the  conditions  or 
charges  of  traffic  through  the  same. 

Approved,  June  15,  1914.     [38  Stat,  385.] 

An  Act  To  authorize  and  direct  Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
and  formerly  chairman  and  chief  engineer  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  to  in- 
vestigate certain  claims  of  the  McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Company. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  Colonel  George  W.  Goethals, 
Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  formerly  chairman  and  chief  engineer  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  investigate  the 
claims  of  the  McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Company,  a  corporation  of  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  having  its  principal  office  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh,  in 
said  State,  and  to  ascertain  what  amount,  if  any,  is  in  justice,  equity,  and  fair- 
ness due  and  owing  to  the  said  McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Company  from 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  for  work  and  labor  done  and  materials  fur- 
nished in  connection  with  the  construction  and  erection  of  lock  gates  and  ap- 
purtenances for  the  Panama  Canal,  and  in  connection  with  or  incidental  to  the 
doing  of  the  work  and  furnishing  of  the  materials  provided  for  in  a  certain 
contract  between  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  said  McClintic-Marshall 
Construction  Company,  dated  June  twenty-first,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten, 
taking  into  consideration  the  claim  of  the  contractors  that  the  work  was  done 
under  requirements  as  to  character  and  finish  not  fairly  within  the  meaning 
of  the  specifications. 

The  said  Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  is  further 
authorized  and  empowered,  either  personally  or  through  such  commission  as  he 
may  appoint,  to  investigate  such  claims  and  the  various  items  thereof  in  such 
manner  as  to  him  may  seem  best,  and  either  personally  or  through  such  com- 
mission is  hereby  empowered  to  administer  oaths  and  affirmations  to  witnesses, 
and  to  issue  subpoenas  and  to  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses.  He  shall 
report  in  detail  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  his  findings. 

Approved,  June  24,  1914.    [38  Stat.,  388.] 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.       95 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  fifteen,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for 
the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 

*  *  ***** 

TMT.T.TT5TT   AND   PROTECTION    OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  $20,000. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  June  30,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  452.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  for  other  purposes : 

*  *  ***** 

That  the  sum  of  $104,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  ex- 
pended, on  the  approval  and  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  for  enter- 
taining the  officers  and  crews  of  foreign  fleets  which  may  be  sent  to  attend  and 
participate  in  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  in  consequence  of 
the  invitation  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  extended  in  pursuance  of 
the  authority  contained  in  the  joint  resolution  of  Congress  approved  February 
fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  and  of  the  authority  contained  in  the 
Act  making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March 
fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  and  for  defraying  such  other  expenses 
incident  to  the  visit  of  the  said  foreign  fleets  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  may 
deem  proper,  and  the  said  sum  shall  be  available  until  November  fifteenth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

That  the  tolls  that  have  been  or  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President,  in  pur- 
suance of  the  authority  contained  in  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  approved  August 
twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  to  be  levied  by  the  Government  of 
the  United  States  for  the  use  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  not  be  assessed  against 
nor  collected  from  any  war  vessel  of  any  foreign  nation  which  may  pass  through 
the  Panama  Canal  en  route  to  or  in  returning  from  the  Panama-Pacific  Inter- 
national Exposition:  Provided,  That  such  vessel  has  been  sent  by  its  Govern- 
ment to  attend  and  participate  in  the  said  exposition  in  consequence  of  the 
invitation  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  extended  in  pursuance  of  the 
authority  contained  in  the  joint  resolution  of  Congress  approved  February  fif- 
teenth, nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  and  of  the  authority  contained  in  the  Act 
making  appropriations  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March 
fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  define  and 
establish  suitable  anchorage  grounds  in  Hampton  Roads,  Virginia,  and  the 
adjacent  waters  for  the  combined  fleets  of  the  United  States  and  foreign  Gov- 
ernments which  may  rendezvous  there  prior  to  proceeding  to  the  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition,  to  be  held  at  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  as  well  as  to  define 
and  establish  suitable  anchorage  grounds  in  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco  and  the 
approaches  and  waters  adjacent  thereto  during  the  continuance  of  the  said  Pan- 
ama-Pacific International  Exposition,  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  hereby 
further  authorized  to  make  such  rules  and  regulations  regarding  the  movements 
of  all  vessels  in  all  of  the  waters  named  as  may  be  necessary  In  order  to  insure 


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the  proper  and  orderly  conduct  of  such  features  as  may  be  planned  for  the  com- 
bined fleets  and  to  provide  for  the  safety  of  the  vessels  participating  therein; 
and  such  rules  and  regulations  when  so  issued  and  published  shall  have  the 
force  and  effect  of  law. 

*  *  ***** 

Toward  the  purchase  and  preparation  of  necessary  sites,  purchase  and  erec- 
tion of  towers  and  buildings,  and  the  purchase  and  installation  of  machinery 
anr1  apparatus  of  high  power  radio  stations  (cost  not  to  exceed  $1,000,000),  to 
be  located  as  follows:  One  in  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone,  one  on  the  California 
coast,  one  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  one  in  American  Samoa,  one  on  the  island 
of  Guam,  and  one  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  $400,000,  to  be  available  until 
expended. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  June  30,  1914.     [38  Stat,  393,  407.] 


Joint  Resolution  Extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary  operations  of  the  Govern- 
ment and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  under  certain  contingencies. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  all  appropriations  for  the  necessary  oper- 
ations of  the  Government  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  which  shall  remain 
unprovided  for  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen, 
are  continued  and  made  available  for  and  during  the  first  half  of  the  month  of 
July,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  unless  the  regular  appropriations  provided 
therefor  in  bills  now  pending  in  Congress  shall  have  been  previously  made  for 
the  service  of  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen ;  and  a  sufficient  amount  is  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treas- 
ury not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  carry  on  the  same:  Provided,  That  no 
greater  amount  shall  be  expended  for  such  operations  than  as  the  sum  of  one 
twenty-fourth  of  the  appropriations  made  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred 
and  fourteen  bears  to  the  whole  of  the  appropriations  of  said  fiscal  year :  Pro- 
vided further,  That  the  total  expenditures  for  the  whole  of  the  fiscal  year  nine- 
teen hundred  and  fifteen  under  the  several  appropriations  hereby  continued, 
and  under  the  several  appropriation  bills  now  pending,  shall  not  exceed  in  the 
aggregate  the  amounts  finally  appropriated  therefor  in  the  several  bills  now 
pending,  except  in  cases  where  a  change  is  made  in  the  annual,  monthly,  or  per 
diem  compensation  or  in  the  numbers  of  officers,  clerks,  or  other  persons  au- 
thorized to  be  employed  by  the  several  appropriations  hereby  continued,  in 
which  cases  the  amounts  authorized  to  be  expended  shall  equal  one  twenty- 
fourth  of  the  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen, 
and  twenty-three  twenty-fourths  of  the  appropriations  contained  in  the  several 
bills  now  pending  when  the  same  shall  have  been  finally  passed,  unless  the 
salary  or  compensation  of  any  office  shall  be  increased  or  diminished  without 
changing  the  grade  or  the  duties  thereof,  in  which  case  such  salary  or  com- 
pensation shall  relate  to  the  entire  fiscal  year  and  run  from  the  beginning 

thereof : 

******* 

Approved,  June  30,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  773.] 


Joint  Resolution  To  continue  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  approved  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  entitled  "  Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for 
the  necessary  operations  of  the  Government  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  under  cer- 
tain contingencies." 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  provisions  of  a  joint  resolution  en- 
titled "  Joint  resolution  extending  appropriations  for  the  necessary  operations 
of  the  Government  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  under  certain  contingencies," 
approved  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  are  extended  and 
continued  in  full  force  and  effect  for  and  during  the  last  half  of  the  month  of 
July,  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen ;  and  to  continue  during  the  last 
half  of  the  month  of  July,  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  the  oper- 
ation of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  in  securing  a  valuation  of  the 
several  classes  of  property  of  carriers,  subject  to  the  Act  to  regulate  commerce, 
authorized  by  the  Act  of  March  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  a  suffi- 
cient amount  is  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 


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appropriated,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  $65,000,  together  with  any  unexpended 
balance  of  a  similar  sum  appropriated  for  the  first  half  of  said  month  of  July. 
Approved,  July  16,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  774.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  Judicial  expenses  of  the 
Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriated, in  full  compensation  for  the  service  of  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed, 
namely : 

******* 

The  head  of  every  executive  department  and  other  Government  establishment 
shall  transmit  to  Congress,  on  the  first  day  of  its  next  session,  a  statement 
showing,  for  the  first  three  months  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  the  following  relative  to  typewriting  machines  purchased  during  that 
period:  The  model,  character,  contract  price,  and  make  of  each  machine  pur- 
chased ;  the  relative  cost  of  repairs  and  supplies  for  such  makes  of  typewriters ; 
the  model,  character,  amount  allowed,  and  make  of  each  machine  given  in  ex- 
change ;  total  number  purchased  and  total  number  given  in  exchange ;  aggre- 
gate cost,  aggregate  allowance  on  exchanges,  and  aggregate  net  cost  of  all  ma- 
chines. And  there  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress,  on  the  first  day  of  the  session 
following  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  statements  of 
all  of  the  foregoing  facts  for  the  entire  period  of  that  fiscal  year. 

SEC.  5.  No  appropriation  made  in  this  or  any  other  Act  shall  be  available  for 
the  purchase  of  any  motor-propelled  or  horse-drawn  passenger-carrying  vehicle 
for  the  service  of  any  of  the  executive  departments  or  other  Government  es- 
tablishments, or  any  branch  of  the  Government  service,  unless  specific  authority 
is  given  therefor,  and  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen  there  shall  not  be  expended  out  of  any  appropriation  made  by  Congress 
any  sum  for  purchase,  maintenance,  repair,  or  operation  of  motor-propelled  or 
horse-drawn  passenger-carrying  vehicles  for  any  branch  of  the  public  service  of 
the  United  States  unless  the  same  is  specifically  authorized  by  law,  and  in  the 
estimates  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen  and  subsequent  fiscal 
years  there  shall  be  submitted  in  detail  estimates  for  such  necessary  appro- 
priations as  are  intended  to  be  used  for  purchase,  maintenance,  repair,  or  op- 
eration of  all  motor-propelled  or  horse-drawn  passenger-carrying  vehicles,  speci- 
fying the  sums  required,  the  public  purposes  for  which  said  vehicles  are  in- 
tended, and  the  officials  or  employees  by  whom  the  same  are  to  be  used. 
******* 

Approved,  July  16,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  508.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  Mary  B.  Goodley. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  Mary  E.  Goodley, 
mother  of  William  Goodley,  the  sum  of  $1,000,  to  compensate  her  for  the  death 
of  her  son,  the  said  William  Goodley,  who  was  killed  on  October  eighth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  eight,  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  as  a  cranesman  on 
the  Panama  Canal  in  the  employ  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Approved,  July  17,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  1306.] 


A»  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 

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98       TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  namely : 


*  *  * 

COAST  AND  GEODETIC   SURVEY. 


Field  expenses :  For  surveys  and  necessary  resurveys  of  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf 
coasts  of  the  United  States,  including  the  coasts  of  outlying  islands  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States :  Provided,  That  not  more  than  $25,000  of  this 
amount  shall  be  expended  on  the  coasts  of  said  outlying  islands,  and  the  Atlantic 
entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal,  $65,000 ; 


PANAMA-PACIFIC  INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION. 

Building  to  install  the  Government  exhibit  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Inter- 
national Exposition:  For  the  construction  of  a  suitable  building  in  that  part 
of  the  reservation  of  the  United  States  known  as  the  Presidio  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  in  which  the  Government  Exhibit  Board,  created  by  the 
sundry  civil  appropriation  Act  approved  June  twenty-third,  nineteen  hundred 
and  thirteen,  shall  install,  display,  and  safeguard  the  exhibit  of  the  Government 
of  the  United  States  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  $500,000 : 
Provided,  That  the  said  building  shall  be  so  located  and  planned  and  shall  be 
of  such  a  permanent  character  as  will  make  it  available  and  useful  for  military 
purposes  of  the  United  States  after  the  close  of  the  said  exposition,  and  shall 
be  on  such  general  plan  and  design  and  in  such  location  as  shall  be  approved 
by  the  Secretary  of  War:  Provided  further,  That  the  said  building  shall  be 
erected  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  contract  or  otherwise, 
as  he  may  direct:  Provided  further,  That  not  exceeding  $50,000,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  may  be  expended  from  the  appropriation  made 
herein,  on  the  approval  and  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  entertaining 
the  officers  and  representatives  of  foreign  governments  who  may  attend  and 
participate  in  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  in  consequence  of 
the  invitation  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  extended  in  pursuance  of 
the  authority  of  Congress. 

The  provisions  contained  in  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  making  appropria- 
tions for  the  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,"  which  provides  for  the  partici- 
pation of  the  United  States  in  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  be 
amended  as  follows:  Under  the  head  of  "To  provide  for  the  participation  of 
the  United  States  in  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,"  the  para- 
graph on  page  eighty-one,  which  reads  as  follows :  "  The  President  of  the  United 
States  is  authorized  to  detail  three  civilian  officers  or  employees  from  the 
executive  departments  as  members  of  a  commission  which  is  hereby  constituted 
as  the  National  Exposition  Commission,  one  of  said  commissioners,  who  shall 
be  the  chairman  of  said  commission,  shall  be  detailed  from  the  Department  of 
State.  Vacancies  in  said  commission  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  manner  as 
original  appointments.  Each  commissioner  shall  receive  in  addition  to  his 
original  compensation  his  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  and  an  allowance 
of  $10  per  day  in  lieu  of  subsistence.  Said  commissioners  may  appoint  a  secre- 
tary at  $2,500  per  annum,  and  the  sum  of  $15,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may 
be  necessary,  may  be  expended  for  clerical,  office,  and  other  necessary  and 
actual  expenses  of  said  commission,"  and  insert  in  lieu  thereof  the  following: 
"  The  President  of  the  United  States  is  authorized  to  detail  two  civilian  officers 
or  employees  from  the  executive  departments,  also  one  to  be  appointed  from 
civil  life,  as  members  of  the  commission  which  is  hereby  constituted  as  the 
National  Exposition  Commission;  one  of  said  commissioners,  who  shall  be  the 
chairman  of  said  commission,  shall  be  detailed  from  the  Department  of  State, 
the  commissioner  appointed  from  civil  life  to  receive  a  salary  at  the  rate  of 
$5,000  per  annum  until  the  exposition  closes.  Vacancies  in  said  commission 
shall  be  filled  in  the  same  manner  as  original  appointments.  Each  commissioner 
detailed  as  aforesaid  shall  receive,  in  addition  to  his  original  compensation, 
necessary  traveling  expenses  and  an  allowance  of  $10  per  day  in  lieu  of  sub- 
sistence while  on  duty  in  San  Francisco.  Said  commissioners  may  appoint  a 
secretary  at  $2,500  per  annum,  and  the  sum  of  $15,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as 


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may  be  necessary,  may  be  expended  for  clerk  hire  and  actual  expenses  of  said 
commission."          , 

Copyright  and  patent  branch  office,  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposi- 
tion :  To  defray  all  the  expenses  connected  with  the  establishment,  equipment, 
and  maintenance  (including  necessary  printing)  of  the  branch  office  at  San 
Francisco,  California,  provided  for  in  section  two  of  the  Act  approved  Septem- 
ber eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen  (Public,  Numbered  Fourteen), 
$30,000,  of  which  sum  $15,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  shall 
be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  and  $15,000, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  shall  be  expended  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  each  of  whom  is  authorized  to  pay  to  the 
Public  Printer  the  cost  of  any  portion  of  such  printing  and  binding  required 
for  the  said  branch  office  which  may  be  ordered  by  him  from  the  Government 
Printing  Office;  to  designate  from  among  the  employees  of  the  Patent  Office 
and  Copyright  Office,  respectively,  such  employees  as  may  be  actually  necessary 
for  the  service  of  the  respective  divisions  of  the  said  branch  office,  one  of  the 
employees  so  designated  from  each  of  said  bureaus  to  act  as  his  disbursing 
officer ;  and  to  select  and  employ  from  time  to  time  at  San  Francisco  such 
additional  persons  as  the  exigencies  of  the  work  there  may  require.  All  per- 
sons from  the  Patent  Office  and  Copyright  Office  thus  designated  for  service  at 
San  Francisco  shall  receive  no  compensation  other  than  their  regular  salaries, 
but  while  absent  from  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  and  engaged  upon 
the  business  of  the  aforesaid  branch  office  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and 
necessary  traveling  expenses,  together  with  a  per  diem  allowance  in  lieu  of 
the  cost  of  subsistence  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  or  Librarian 
of  Congress  designating  such  persons,  not  to  exceed  $3  per  day. 

The  Government  Exhibit  Board,  for  which  provision  was  made  in  the  sundry 
civil  Act  approved  June  twenty-third,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  shall,  after 
consultation  by  correspondence  or  otherwise  with  the  heads  of  the  executive 
departments  and  the  Regents  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  the  Civil  Service 
Commission,  the  Commissioners  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  the  American 
National  Red  Cross,  the  Commission  of  Fine  Arts,  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  the 
Public  Printer,  the  Governor  of  Porto  Rico,  the  Governor  of  Alaska,  the  Governor 
of  Hawaii,  and  the  United  States  Geographic  Board,  determine  the  nature, 
character,  and  extent  of  the  exhibits  of  the  United  States  Government  to  be 
made  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  to  be  held  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  in  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  shall  be  charged  with 
the  selection,  purchase,  preparation,  safe-keeping,  exhibition,  and  return  of 
such  articles  and  materials  as  said  board  may  decide  shall  be  exhibited;  and 
the  said  board  is  empowered  to  select,  purchase,  and  exhibit  articles  or  materials 
representing  the  activities  of  any  department,  office,  commission,  or  organization 
named  in  this  paragraph. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

THE    PANAMA    CANAL. 

To  continue  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  the  President,  in  accordance  with  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  pro- 
vide for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Oceans,"  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and 
Acts  amendatory  thereof  or  supplementary  thereto : 

First.  For  salaries  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  Panama  Canal,  including 
assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agents,  and  all  other  employees  in  the  United 
States,  $150,000; 

Second.  For  incidental  expenses,  including  rents,  cable  and  telegraph  service, 
supplies,  stationery  and  printing,  and  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  in 
the  United  States  (including  rent  of  offices  in  the  District  of  Columbia  not 
exceeding  $7,500,  textbooks  and  books  of  reference,  $1,000,  and  additional  com- 
pensation to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  extra  services  in  auditing 
accounts  for  the  Panama  Canal,  $1,000),  $62,000; 

Third.  For  pay  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  officers  and  em- 
ployees on  the  Isthmus,  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  including  civil 
engineers,  superintendents,  instrumentmen,  transitmen,  levelmen,  rodmen,  drafts- 
men, timekeepers,  mechanical  and  electrical  engineers,  quartermasters,  clerks, 
accountants,  stenographers,  storekeepers,  messengers,  office  boys,  foremen  and 


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subforemen,  wagon  masters,  watchmen,  and  stewards,  including  those  temporarily 
detailed  for  duty  away  from  the  Isthmus,  in  the  departments  of  construction 
and  engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination 
of  accounts,  and  for  those  employed  in  connection  with  the  preservation  of  plans, 
drawings,  and  other  records,  $2,414,000 

Fourth.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  on  the  Isthmus,  including  engineers, 
conductors,  firemen,  brakemen,  electricians,  teamsters,  cranesmen,  machinists, 
blacksmiths,  and  other  artisans,  and  their  helpers;  janitors,  sailors,  cooks, 
waiters,  and  dairymen,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and  engineering, 
quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  accounts, 
$7,000,000 ; 

Fifth.  For  the  purchase  and  delivery  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment, 
including  cost  of  inspecting  material  and  of  paying  traveling  expenses  incident 
thereto,  whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  elsewhere ;  purchase,  maintenance,  and 
repair  of  motor  cars,  fire-fighting  apparatus,  towing  locomotives,  and  other 
motor-propelled  vehicles,  and  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United  States  as 
the  governor  deems  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  and  such  expenses  as  are  incurred  in  assembling,  sorting,  storing,  repair- 
ing, and  selling  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  pur- 
chased or  acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  which  are  unserv- 
iceable or  no  longer  needed,  including  the  amount  necessary  to  continue  the 
construction  of  the  two  colliers  provided  for  under  the  act  approved  June  twenty- 
third,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  subject  to  the  limit  of  cost  therein  fixed, 
and  including  the  payment  of  damages  caused  to  the  owners  of  private  lands, 
or  private  property  of  any  kind,  by  reason  of  the  grants  contained  in  the  treaty 
between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  proclaimed  February 
twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  or  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the 
United  States,  its  agents  or  employees,  or  by  reason  of  the  construction,  main- 
tenance, operation,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  the  said  canal  or  of  the  works 
of  sanitation  and  protection  therein  provided  for,  whether  compromised  by 
agreement  between  the  claimant  and  the  chairman  of  the  commission  or  allowed 
by  a  joint  commission,  and  the  payment  for  land  and  land  under  water  as 
authorized  in  section  three  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  for  the  departments  of 
construction  and  engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements,  and 
examination  of  accounts,  and  including  also  payment  to  the  Wheeling  Mold 
and  Foundry  Company,  of  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  of  the  sum  of  $9,076.21, 
to  carry  into  effect  an  equitable  settlement  with  that  company  which  could  not 
be  made  by  reason  of  the  ruling  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  this  sum 
having  been  deducted  as  liquidated  damages  on  the  various  contracts  and  being 
in  excess  of  the  actual  damages  to  the  commission,  $9,000,000 ; 

Sixth.  For  miscellaneous  expenditures,  cable  and  telegraph  service,  stationery 
and  printing,  local  railway  transportation,  special  trains,  including  pay-train 
service ;  transportation  of  currency  to  the  Isthmus,  recruiting  and  transporting 
laborers,  transporting  employees  from  the  United  States,  repatriating  laborers 
and  employees,  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  on  the  Isthmus  on 
official  business;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  esti- 
mates for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus,  and  all  other  incidental  and  contingent 
expenses  not 'otherwise  provided  for,  for  the  departments  of  construction  and 
engineering,  quartermaster's,  subsistence,  disbursements  and  examination  of  ac- 
counts, $725,000; 

Seventh.  For  pay  of  officers  and  employees  of  the  department  of  civil  ad- 
ministration, including  foremen,  subforemen,  skilled  and  unskilled  labor,  watch- 
men, messengers,  and  storekeepers,  of  the  departments  of  civil  administration 
and  law,  including  those  necessarily  and  temporarily  detailed  for  duty  away 
from  the  Isthmus  and  for  expenses  of  the  official  representation  of  Congress 
attending  the  formal  opening  of  the  canal,  $500,000 ; 

Eighth.  For  the  operation,  maintenance,  and  extension  of  waterworks,  sewers, 
and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  fifteen,  the  necessary  portion  of  such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as 
water  rentals  or  directly  by  the  Government  of  Panama  for  such  expenses ; 

Ninth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of  build- 
ings, and  contingent  expenses  of  the  departments  of  civil  administration  and 
law,  including  not  exceeding  $500  for  law  books,  $72,000 ; 

Tenth.  For  pay  of  the  officers  and  employees  other  than  skilled  and  unskilled 
labor,  including  hospital  dispensers,  internes,  nurses,  attendants,  messengers, 
office  boys,  foremen  and  subforemen,  watchmen,  and  stewards,  of  the  department 
of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  including  those  temporarily  detailed  for  duty 
away  from  the  Isthmus,  $300,000; 


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Eleventh.  For  skilled  and  unskilled  labor  of  every  grade  and  kind,  for  the 
department  of  sanitation  on  the  Isthmus,  $120,000  ; 

Twelfth.  For  material,  supplies,  equipment,  construction  and  repairs  of 
buildings,  medical  aid  and  support  of  the  insane  and  of  indigent  persons  perma- 
nently disabled  while  in  line  of  duty  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Panama  Canal 
from  'earning  a  livelihood,  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  department  of  sani- 
tation on  the  Isthmus,  including  not  exceeding  $75,000  for  removal  of  quaran- 
tine station  from  Culebra  Island  to  the  vicinity  of  Balboa  and  for  converting 
the  hospital  at  Colon  into  a  quarantine  station  and  for  new  equipment  for  both, 
$375,000. 

The  foregoing  sums,  so  far  as  necessary,  shall  be  available  for  the  operation 
of  the  canal,  for  the  permanent  organization  authorized  to  be  established  under 
the  Panama  Canal  Act,  for  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  ware- 
houses, storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances,  including 
the  collection  of  tolls,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials, 
labor,  repairs,  and  supplies,  for  office  buildings,  quarters,  and  other  necessary 
buildings,  for  the  payment  of  claims  arising  out  of  injuries  or  deaths  of  em- 
ployees; and  for  the  consolidation  and  preservation  of  the  files  of  papers  and 
other  records  which  have  accumulated  or  may  accumulate  during  the  construc- 
tion of  the  canal  and  needed  or  useful  or  having  a  permanent  value  or  historical 
interest  ; 

In  all,  $20,718,000,  the  same  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue 
available  until  expended:  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropria- 
tions heretofore,  herein,  and  hereafter  made  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  including  any  portion  of  such  appropriations  which  may  be  used  for  the 
construction  of  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  warehouses, 
storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances,  for  the  purpose 
of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and  supplies,  for  the  con- 
struction of  office  buildings  and  quarters,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  exclu- 
sive of  fortifications  and  colliers,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  used  for  operating 
and  maintaining  the  canal,  and  for  the  permanent  organization  after  the  canal 
is  opened  for  use  and  operation,  may  be  paid  from  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treas- 
ury of  the  United  States  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in 
section  eight  of  the  said  Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
two,  and  section  thirty-nine  of  the  tariff  Act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine. 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and  unfore- 
seen at  the  time  of  submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  and  except  for 
those  employed  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  permanent  quarters, 
offices  and  other  necessary  buildings,  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks, 
wharves,  warehouses,  storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appur- 
tenances for  the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs, 
and  supplies,  and  except  for  the  permanent  operating  organization  under  which 
the  compensation  of  the  various  positions  is  limited  by  section  four  of  the 
Panama  Canal  Act,  there  shall  not  be  employed  at  any  time  during  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen  under  any  of  the  foregoing  appropriations 
for  the  Panama  Canal,  any  greater  number  of  persons  than  are  specified  in  the 
notes  submitted  respectively  in  connection  with  the  estimates  for  each  of  said 
appropriations  in  the  annual  Book  of  Estimates  for  said  year,  nor  shall  there 
be  paid  to  any  of  such  persons  during  that  fiscal  year  any  greater  rate  of  com- 
pensation than  was  authorized  to  be  paid  to  persons  occupying  the  same  or  like 
positions  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen;  and  all  em- 
ployments made  or  compensation  increased  because  of  emergencies  or  conditions 
so  arising  shall  be  specifically  set  forth,  with  the  reasons  therefor,  by  the  gov- 
ernor in  his  report  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

In  cases  of  emergencies  arising  subsequent  to  and  unforeseen  at  the  time  of 
submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  ten  per  centum  of  the  foregoing 
amounts  shall  be  available  interchangeably  for  expenditure  on  objects  named; 
but  not  more  than  ten  per  centum  shall  be  added  to  any  one  item  of  the  appro- 
priation. 

FORTIFICATIONS,    PANAMA    CANAL. 

For  the  following  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended, 
namely  : 

Electric  light  and  power  plants  :  For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  electric 
light  and  power  plants  for  the  seacoast  fortifications  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $33,550  ; 


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For  buildings  and  material: 

Toro  Point- 
One  concrete  storehouse,  $5,000; 

Ten  buildings,  at  $900  each,  $9,000 ; 

Miraflores  or  Gatun — 

One  storehouse,  $5,000; 

Obstacles — 

Two  thousand  five  hundred  coils  of  barbed  wire,  at  $3  each,  $7,500 ; 

Two  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  of  staples,  at  $0.03,  $75 ; 

Telephone  line — 

Twenty-two  miles,  at  $1,400  per  mile,  $30,800  ; 

In  all,  $57,375. 

For  maintenance  of  clearings  and  trails : 

Clearings,  four  thousand  three  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  $21,000 ; 

Trails,  seventy  miles,  $900; 

In  all,  $21,900. 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  and 
land  defense  cannon,  including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  there- 
with, and  the  machinery  necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $233,000 : 
Provided,  That  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  United  States  Army,  is  authorized  to 
enter  into  contracts  or  otherwise  incur  obligations  for  the  purposes  above  men- 
tioned not  to  exceed  $500,000,  in  addition  to  the  appropriation  herein  made ; 

For  the  alteration,  maintenance,  and  installation  of  the  seacoast  artillery, 
including  the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  machinery,  tools,  and  materials 
necessary  for  the  work,  and  expenses  of  civilian  mechanics,  and  extra-duty  pay 
of  enlisted  men  engaged  thereon,  $26,000 ; 

For  alteration,  maintenance,  and  repair  of  submarine  mine  materiel,  $2,700 ; 

Fire  control :  For  the  construction  of  fire-control  .stations  and  the  purchase 
and  installation  of  accessories  therefor,  $50,000 ; 

For  construction  on  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  of  barracks,  quarters,  store- 
houses, and  other  buildings  necessary  for  accommodating  the  mobile  army  and 
Coast  Artillery  troops  to  be  stationed  there,  including  water,  sewer,  and  lighting 
systems,  roads,  walks,  and  so  forth,  and  for  repairing  and  remodeling  existing 
buildings  to  render  them  suitable  for  sheltering  troops,  $700,000. 

In  all,  specifically  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  $1,124,475. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  funds  collected  by  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  from 
rentals  of  public  lands  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  and  from  the  zone  postal  service,  and  from  court  fees  and  fines,  and 
collected  or  raised  by  taxation  in  whatever  form  under  the  laws  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  appropriated  until  and  including  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  as  follows :  The  revenues  derived  from 
the  postal  service  to  the  maintenance  of  that  service ;  the  remaining  revenues, 
including  any  balances  unexpended  in  prior  years,  after  setting  aside  a  miscel- 
laneous and  contingent  fund  of  not  exceeding  $10,000,  to  the  maintenance  of  the 
public-school  system  in  the  zone ;  to  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  public 
improvements  within  the  zone;  to  the  maintenance  of  the  administrative  dis- 
tricts ;  and  for  the  expenses  of  the  subdivisions  of  the  Canal  Zone  after  they  are 
established  under  section  seven  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act ;  to  the  maintenance  of 
Canal  Zone  charity  patients  in  the  hospitals  of  the  Panama  Canal ;  and  to  the 
maintenance  of  administrative  district  prisoners :  Provided,  That,  if  the  revenues 
of  the  Canal  Zone  government  are  not  sufficient  for  the  purposes  herein  specified, 
the  necessary  part  of  the  amounts  appropriated  for  the  departments  of  civil 
administration  and  law,  under  items  seven  and  nine,  may  be  used  therefor.  A 
detailed  and  classified  statement  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  without  the 
duplication  of  items  under  this  paragraph  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress  after 
the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

SEC.  3.  That  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen  all  moneys 
received  by  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  from  any  services  rendered  or 
materials  and  supplies  furnished  to  employees  of  the  United  States  or  of 
the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  to  the 
Canal  Zone  government,  to  the  Panama  Government,  and  to  other  depart- 
ments of  the  United  States  Government,  from  hotel  and  hospital  supplies  and 
services ;  from  rentals,  wharfage,  and  so  forth ;  from  labor,  materials,  and  sup- 
plies and  other  services  furnished  to  vessels  and  to  those  unable  to  obtain  simi- 
lar labor,  materials,  supplies,  and  services  elsewhere;  from  the  sale  of  scrap 
and  other  by-products  of  manufacturing  and  shop  operations ;  from  the  sale  of 


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obsolete  and  unserviceable  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  purchased  or  ac- 
quired for  the  operation,  maintenance,  protection,  sanitation,  and  government  of 
the  canal  and  Canal  Zone ;  and  fr\>m  exchanges  of  typewriting,  adding,  and  other 
machines,  shall  be  credited  to  the  appropriation  from  which  payments  for  the 
materials,  supplies,  labor  ^  or  other  services  were  originally  made.  Moneys  here- 
tofore or  hereafter  received  from  the  sale  of  material,  supplies,  and  equipment 
purchased  or  acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  after  deduct- 
ing all  expenses  of  assembling,  sorting,  storing,  repairing,  and  selling  such  mate- 
rial, supplies,  and  equipment,  which  deductions  shall  be  credited  to  the  appro- 
priations from  which  such  expenses  are  paid,  and  the  moneys  received  as  a  reim- 
bursement for  the  expenditures  incurred  in  constructing  waterworks,  sewers, 
and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  including  interest  on  such 
expenditures,  excluding  payments  on  account  of  the  expenses  for  maintenance 
of  such  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements  incurred  under  agreement  with  the 
Panama  Government,  and  otherwise  herein  disposed  of,  shall  be  covered  into 
the  Treasury  as  miscellaneous  receipts.  After  the  canal  is  opened  for  use  and 
operation  the  net  profits  accruing  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen  from  the  operations  herein  authorized  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury 
of  the  United  States,  as  provided  for  the  profits  accruing  from  the  business 
authorized  in  section  six  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  consolidation  of  the  functions  of  receiving,  disbursing,  and 
accounting  for  the  funds  of  the  Canal  Zone  government  and  the  Panama  Rail- 
road operations  on  the  Isthmus  with  the  functions  of  receiving,  disbursing,  and 
accounting  for  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  and  is 
hereby  authorized  in  so  far  as  may  be  practicable :  Provided,  That  separate 
accounts  shall  be  kept  of  the  transactions  under  each  fund. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  collecting  officers  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  render  their  ac- 
counts in  such  detail,  and  shall  transmit  with  their  accounts  to  the  accounting 
officers  of  the  Treasury  charged  with  the  settlement  thereof  all  such  papers, 
records,  and  copies  relating  to  their  transactions  as  collectors  as  shall  be  pre- 
scribed in  regulations  approved  by  the  President,  and,  in  his  judgment,  not 
incompatible  with  the  methods  of  accounting  prescribed  in  the  so-called  Dockery 
Act,  approved  July  thirty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four. 

SEC.  6.  That  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen  and  annually 
thereafter  the  estimates  of  appropriations  for  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  sub- 
mitted in  detail,  showing  the  amounts  required  for  personal  services  and  the 
amounts  required  for  material  including  all  supplies,  under  the  heads  of  con- 
struction, maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government,  and  follow- 
ing each  there  shall  be  submitted  notes  giving  in  parallel  columns  information 
which  will  show  the  number,  by  grade  or  classes,  of  officers,  employees,  and 
skilled  and  unskilled  laborers  proposed  to  be  paid  under  each  of  said  appropria- 
tions for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year  and  those  paid  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year 
next  preceding  the  period  when  said  estimates  are  prepared  and  submitted; 
also,  in  connection  with  each  item  for  material  and  miscellaneous  purposes  other 
than  salaries  or  pay  for  personal  services,  the  amounts  actually  expended  or 
obligated,  quantities  purchased,  and  prices  paid  for  material  or  supplies  during 
the  entire  fiscal  year  next  preceding  the  preparation  and  submission  of  said 
estimates. 

There  shall  also  be  submitted  in  connection  with  the  foregoing  information, 
statements  of  actual  unit  cost  of  all  construction  work  done,  and  of  estimated 
unit  cost  of  work  proposed  to  be  done,  for  the  fiscal  years  included  in  the  notes 
so  required  to  be  submitted  with  the  annual  estimates. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  appropriations  herein  made  for  the  Panama  Canal,  other 
than  those  for  fortifications,  or  balances  thereof,  may  be  available,  during  the 
last  half  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  for  expenditure  for 
the  purposes  indicated  by  the  several  titles  enumerated  in  the  foregoing  section, 
namely,  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government, 
and  be  accounted  for  at  the  end  of  that  year  in  such  detail  or  classification, 
respectively,  thereunder  as  may  be  determined  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  or  hereafter  required  by  Congress ;  and  such  balances  may,  on  and  after 
January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  constitute  one  fund  for  expendi- 
ture under  said  respective  titles. 

SEC.  8.  That  until  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen, 
when  any  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased 
or  acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  no  longer  needed,  or 
is  no  longer  serviceable,  it  may  be  sold  in  such  manner  as  the  President  may 


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direct,  and  without  advertising  in  such  classes  of  cases  as  may  be  authorized 
by  him. 

SEC.  9.  Appropriations  herein  for  printing  and  binding  shall  not  be  used  for 
any  annual  report  or  the  accompanying  documents  unless  the  head  of  each 
executive  department,  or  other  branch  of  the  public  service,  or  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  District  of  Columbia  making  such  a  report  shall  furnish  copy  to 
the  Public  Printer  in  the  following  manner:  Copies  of  the  documents  accom- 
panying such  annual  reports  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  October  of  each 
year;  copies  of  the  annual  reports  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  November 
of  each  year ;  and  complete  revised  proofs  of  the  accompanying  documents  and 
the  annual  reports  on  the  tenth  and  twentieth  days  of  November  of  each  year, 
respectively.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  annual  reports 
of  the  Smithsonian  Institution. 

SEC.  10.  That  section  six  of  the  sundry  civil  appropriation  Act  approved 
August  twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  is  amended  to  read  as 
follows : 

"  SEC.  6.  That  there  shall  be  submitted  hereafter,  in  the  annual  Book  of 
Estimates  following  every  estimate  for  a  general  or  lump-sum  appropriation, 
except  public  buildings  or  other  public  works  constructed  under  contract,  a 
statement  showing  in  parallel  columns : 

"  First,  the  number  of  persons,  if  any,  intended  to  be  employed  and  the  rates 
of  compensation  to  each,  and  the  amounts  contemplated  to  be  expended  for 
each  of  any  other  objects  or  classes  of  expenditures  specified  or  contemplated 
in  the  estimate,  including  a  statement  of  estimated  unit  cost  of  any  construction 
work  proposed  to  be  done ;  and 

.  "  Second,  the  number  of  persons,  if  any,  employed  and  the  rate  of  compensa- 
tion paid  each,  and  the  amounts  expended  for  each  other  object  or  class  of 
expenditure,  and  the  actual  unit  cost  of  any  construction  work  done,  out  of  the 
appropriation  corresponding  to  the  estimate  so  submitted,  during  the  completed 
fiscal  year  next  preceding  the  period  for  which  the  estimate  is  submitted. 

"  Other  notes  shall  not  be  submitted  following  any  estimate  embraced  in  the 
annual  Book  of  Estimates  other  than  such  as  shall  suggest  changes  in  form 
or  order  of  arrangement  of  estimates  and  appropriations  and  reasons  for  such 
changes." 

SEC.  11.  That  no  part  of  any  money  appropriated  by  this  Act  shall  be  used 
during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen  for  the  purchase  of  any 
typewriting  machine  at  a  price  in  excess  of  the  lowest  price  paid  by  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  for  the  same  make  and  substantially  the  same 
model  of  machine  during  the  period  of  the  fiscal  years  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirteen  and  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen ;  such  price  shall  include  the  value 
of  any  typewriting  machine  or  machines  given  in  exchange,  but  shall  not  apply 
to  special  prices  granted  on  typewriting  machines  used  in  schools  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  or  of  the  Indian  Service. 

SEC.  12.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  hereafter  to  pay  to  any  person,  employed 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States  under  any  general  or  lump  sum  appropria- 
tion, any  sum  additional  to  the  regular  compensation  received  for  or  attached 
to  any  employment  held  prior  to  an  appointment  or  designation  as  acting  for 
or  instead  of  an  occupant  of  any  other  office  or  employment.  This  provision 
shall  not  be  construed  as  prohibiting  regular  and  permanent  appointments  by 
promotion  from  lower  to  higher  grades  of  employments. 

SEC.  13.  That  the  heads  of  executive  departments  and  other  Government 
establishments  are  authorized  to  prescribe  per  diem  rates  of  allowance  not 
exceeding  $4  in  lieu  of  subsistence  to  persons  engaged  in  field  work  or  travel- 
ing on  official  business  outside  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  away  from 
their  designated  posts  of  duty  when  not  otherwise  fixed  by  law.  For  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen  and  annually  thereafter  estimates  of  appro- 
priations from  which  per  diem  allowances  are  to  be  paid  shall  specifically  state 
the  rates  of  such  allowances. 

For  the  relief  of  the  sufferers  from  the  recent  conflagration  in  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, $200,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary :  Provided,  That  all 
expenditures  under  this  provision  shall  be  made  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretray  of  War. 

SEC.  14.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  to  the  extent 
they  are  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  repealed. 

Approved,  August  1,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  659,  667,  674.] 


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An  Act  To  provide  for  the  admission  of  foreign-built  ships  to  American  registry  for  the 
foreign  trade,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  words  "not  more  than  five  years 
old  at  the  time  they  apply  for  registry  "  in  section  five  of  the  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  protection,  and  operation  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  are 
hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  President  of  the  United  States  is  hereby  authorized,  when- 
ever in  his  discretion  the  needs  of  foreign  commerce  may  require,  to  suspend 
by  order,  so  far  and  for  such  length  of  time  as  he  may  deem  desirable,  the 
provisions  of  law  prescribing  that  all  the  watch  officers  of  vessels  of  the  United 
States  registered  for  foreign  trade  shall  be  citizens  of  the  United  States. 

Under  like  conditions,  in  like  manner,  and  to  like  extent  the  President  of 
the  United  States  is  also  hereby  authorized  to  suspend  the  provisions  of  the  law 
requiring  survey,  inspection,  and  measurement  by  officers  of  the  United  States 
of  foreign-built  vessels  admitted  to  American  registry  under  this  Act. 

SEC.  3.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

Approved,  August  18,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  698.] 


An  Act  To  present  the  steam  launch  Louise,  now  employed  in  the  construction  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  to  the  French  Government. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That,  as  a  mark  of  appreciation  of  the  sac- 
rifices and  services  of  the  French  people  in  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  the  steam  launch  Louise,  built  in  France  in  eighteen  hundred  and 
eighty-five,  and  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  canal  successively  by  the 
French  Panama  Canal  Company  and  by  the  United  States,  be  put  in  good  con- 
dition and  presented  to  the  French  Government. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  sum  of  $6,000  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in 
the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  pay  the  expense  of  executing  this 
Act,  to  be  disbursed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Approved,  August  25,  1914.     [38  Stat.,  709.] 


An  Act  To  provide  for  the  registration  of,  with  collectors  of  internal  revenue,  and  to  im- 
pose a  special  tax  upon  all  persons  who  produce,  import,  manufacture,  compound,  deal 
in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute,  or  give  away  opium  or  coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives, 
or  preparations,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  tJie  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  March, 
nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  every  person  who  produces,  imports,  manufactures, 
compounds,  deals  in,  dispenses,  sells,  distributes,  or  gives  away  opium  or  coca 
leaves  or  any  compound,  manufacture,  salt,  derivative,  or  preparation  thereof, 
shall  register  with  the  collector  of  internal  revenue  of  the  district  his  name  or 
style,  place  of  business^  and  place  or  places  where  such  business  is  to  be  carried 
on :  Provided,  That  the*  office,  or  if  none,  then  the  residence  of  any  person  shall 
be  considered  for  the  purposes  of  this  Act  to  be  his  place  of  business.  At  the 
time  of  such  registry  and  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  annually  thereafter, 
every  person  who  produces,  imports,  manufactures,  compounds,  deals  in,  dis- 
penses, sells,  distributes,  or  gives  away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  shall  pay 
to  the  said  collector  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of  $1  per  annum :  Provided,  That 
no  employee  of  any  person  who  produces,  imports,  manufactures,  compounds, 
deals  in,  dispenses,  sells,  distributes,  or  gives  away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs, 
acting  within  the  scope  of  his  employment,  shall  be  required  to  register  or  to 
pay  the  special  tax  provided  by  this  section :  Provided  further,  That  the  person 
who  employs  him  shall  have  registered  and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by 
this  section:  Provided  further,  That  officers  of  the  United  States  Government 
who  are  lawfully  engaged  in  making  purchases  of  the  above-named  drugs  for 
the  various  departments  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  the  Public  Health  Service,  and 
for  Government  hospitals  and  prisons,  and  officers  of  any  State  government,  or 
of  any  county  or  municipality  therein,  who  are  lawfully  engaged  in  making  pur- 
chases of  the  above-named  drugs  for  State,  county,  or  municipal  hospitals  or 
prisons,  and  officials  of  any  Territory  or  insular  possession  or  the  District  of 


106    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Columbia  or  of  the  United  States  who  are  lawfully  engaged  in  making  purchases 
of  the  above-named  drugs  for  hospitals  or  prisons  therein  shall  not  be  required 
to  register  and  pay  the  special  tax  as  herein  required. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  required  to  register  under  the  terms  of 
this  Act  to  produce,  import,  manufacture,  compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell,  dis- 
tribute, or  give  away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  without  having  registered  and 
paid  the  special  tax  provided  for  in  this  section. 

That  the  word  "  person  "  as  used  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  mean  and 
include  a  partnership,  association,  company,  or  corporation,  as  well  as  a  natural 
person;  and  all  provisions  of  existing  law  relating  to  special  taxes,  so  far  as 
applicable,  including  the  provisions  of  section  thirty-two  hundred  and  forty  of 
the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States  are  hereby  extended  to  the  special 
tax  herein  imposed. 

That  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury,  shall  make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  carrying 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  into  effect. 

SEC.  2.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell,  barter,  exchange,  or 
give  away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  except  in  pursuance  of  a  written  order  of 
the  person  to  whom  such  article  is  sold,  bartered,  exchanged,  or  given,  on  a 
form  to  be  issued  in  blank  for  that  purpose  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal 
Revenue.  Every  person  who  shall  accept  any  such  order,  and  in  pursuance 
thereof  shall  sell,  barter,  exchange,  or  give  away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs, 
shall  preserve  such  order  for  a  period  of  two  years  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  readily 
accessible  to  inspection  by  any  officer,  agent,  or  employee  of  the  Treasury  De- 
partment duly  authorized  for  that  purpose,  and  the  State,  Territorial,  District, 
municipal,  and  insular  officials  named  in  section  five  of  this  Act.  Every  person 
who  shall  give  an  order  as  herein  provided  to  any  other  person  for  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs  shall,  at  or  before  the  time  of  giving  such  order,  make  or  cause 
to  be  made  a  duplicate  thereof  on  a  form  to  be  issued  in  blank  for  that  purpose 
by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  and  in  case  of  the  acceptance  of  such 
order,  shall  preserve  such  duplicate  for  said  period  of  two  years  in  such  a  way 
as  to  be  readily  accessible  to  inspection  by  the  officers,  agents,  employees,  and 
officials  hereinbefore  mentioned.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  apply — 

(a)  To  the  dispensing  or  distribution  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  to  a 
patient  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under  this 
Act   in   the   course  of  his  professional   practice   only:    Provided,   That   such 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  such  drugs 
dispensed  or  distributed,   showing  the  amount  dispensed  or  distributed,   the 
date,  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  patient  to  whom  such  drugs  are  dis- 
pensed or  distributed,  except  such  as  may  be  dispensed  or  distributed  to  a 
patient  upon  whom  such  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  shall  per- 
sonally attend;  and  such  record  shall  be  kept  for  a  period  of  two  years  from 
the  date  of  dispensing  or  distributing  such  drugs,  subject  to  inspection,  as 
provided  in  this  Act. 

(b)  To  the  sale,  dispensing,  or  distribution  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs 
by  a  dealer  to  a  consumer  under  and  in  pursuance  of  a  written  prescription 
issued  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under  this  Act : 
Provided,  however,  That  such  prescription  shall  be  dated  as  of  the  day  on 
which  signed  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  sur- 
geon who  shall  have  issued  the  same :  And  provided  further,  That  such  dealer 
shall  preserve  such  prescription  for  a  period  of  two  years  from  the  day  on 
which  such  prescription  is  filled  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  readily  accessible  to  in- 
spection by  the  officers,  agents,  employees,  and  officials  hereinbefore  mentioned. 

(c)  To  the  sale,  exportation,  shipment,  or  delivery  of  any  of  the  aforesaid 
drugs  by  any  person  within  the  United  States  or  any  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  or  any  of  the  insular  possessions  of  the  United   States  to  any 
person  in  any  foreign  country,  regulating  their  entry  in  accordance  with  such 
regulations  for  importation  thereof  into  such  foreign  country  as  are  prescribed 
by  said  country,  such  regulations  to  be  promulgated  from  time  to  time  by  the 
Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States. 

(d)  To  the  sale,  barter,  exchange,  or  giving  away  of  any  of  the  aforesaid 
drugs  to  any  officer  of  the  United  States  Government  or  of  any  State,  terri- 
torial, district,  county,  or  municipal  or  insular  government  lawfully  engaged 
in  making  purchases  thereof  for  the  various  departments  of  the  Army  and 
Navy,  the  Public  Health  Service,  and  for  Government,  State,  territorial,  dis- 
trict, county,  or  municipal  or  insular  hospitals  or  prisons. 


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The  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  shall  cause  suitable  forms  to  be  prepared  for  the  purposes 
above  mentioned,  and  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  distributed  to  collectors  of 
internal  revenue  for  sale  by  them  to  those  persons  who  shall  have  registered 
and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by  section  one  of  this  Act  in  their  districts, 
respectively ;  and  no  collector  shall  sell  any  of  such  forms  to  any  persons  other 
than  a  person  who  has  registered  and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by  section 
one  of  this  Act  in  his  district.  The  price  at  which  such  forms  shall  be  sold  by 
said  collectors  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with 
the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  but  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of 
$1  per  hundred.  Every  collector  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  number  of  such 
forms  sold  by  him,  the  names  of  the  purchasers,  and  the  number  of  such  forms 
sold  to  each  of  such  purchasers.  Whenever  any  collector  shall  sell  any  of  such 
forms,  he  shall  cause  the  name  of  the  purchaser  thereof  to  be  plainly  written 
or  stamped  thereon  before  delivering  the  same ;  and  no  person  other  than  such 
purchaser  shall  use  any  of  said  forms  bearing  the  name  of  such  purchaser  for 
the  purpose  of  procuring  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs,  or  furnish  any  of  the 
forms  bearing  the  name  of  such  purchaser  to  any  person  with  intent  thereby 
to  procure  the  shipment  or  delivery  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs.  It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  obtain  by  means  of  said  order  forms  any  of 
the  aforesaid  drugs  for  any  purpose  other  than  the  use,  sale,  or  distribution 
thereof  by  him  in  the  conduct  of  a  lawful  business  in  said  drugs  or  in  the 
legitimate  practice  of  his  profession. 

The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  apply  to  the  United  States,  the  District  of 
Columbia,  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  the  Territory  of  Hawaii,  the  insular  posses- 
sions of  the  United  States,  and  the  Canal  Zone.  In  Porto  Rico  and  the  Philip- 
pine Islands  the  administration  of  this  Act,  the  collection  of  the  said  special 
tax,  and  the  issuance  of  the  order  forms  specified  in  section  two  shall  be  per- 
formed by  the  appropriate  internal-revenue  officers  of  those  governments,  and 
all  revenues  collected  hereunder  in  Porto  Rico  and  the  Philippine  Islands  shall 
accrue  intact  to  the  general  governments  thereof,  respectively.  The  courts 
of  first  instance  in  the  Philippine  Islands  shall  possess  and  exercise  jurisdic- 
tion in  all  cases  arising  under  this  Act  in  said  islands.  The  President  is 
authorized  and  directed  to  issue  such  Executive  orders  as  will  car*y  into 
effect  in  the  Canal  Zone  the  intent  and  purpose  of  this  Act  by  providing  for 
the  registration  and  the  imposition  of  a  special  tax  upon  all  persons  in  the 
Canal  Zone  who  produce,  import,  compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute, 
or  give  away  opium  or  coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations. 

SEC.  3.  That  any  person  who  shall  be  registered  in  any  internal-revenue  dis- 
trict under  the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  Act  shall,  whenever  required 
so  to  do  by  the  collector  of  the  district,  render  to  the  said  collector  a  true 
and  correct  statement  or  return,  verified  by  affidavit,  setting  forth  the  quantity 
of  the  aforesaid  drugs  received  by  him  in  said  internal-revenue  district  during 
such  period  immediately  preceding  the  demand  of  the  collector,  not  exceeding 
three  months,  as  the  said  collector  may  fix  and  determine;  the  names  of  the 
persons  from  whom  the  said  drugs  were  received;  the  quantity  in  each  in- 
stance received  from  each  of  such  persons,  and  the  date  when  received. 

SEC.  4.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  who  shall  not  have  regis- 
tered and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by  section  one  of  this  Act  to  send, 
ship,  carry,  or  deliver  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  from  any  State  or  Territory 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States, 
to  any  person  in  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States:  Provided,  That  nothing 
contained  in  this  section  shall  apply  to  common  carriers  engaged  in  trans- 
porting the  aforesaid  drugs,  or  to  any  employee  acting  within  the  scope 
of  his  employment,  of  any  person  who  shall  have  registered  and  paid  the 
special  tax  as  required  by  section  one  of  this  Act,  or  to  any  person  who 
shall  deliver  any  such  drug  which  has  been  prescribed  or  dispensed  by  a 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinarian  required  to  register  under  the  terms  of 
this  Act,  who  has  been  employed  to  prescribe  for  the  particular  patient  receiv- 
ing such  drug,  or  to  any  United  States,  State,  county,  municipal,  District, 
Territorial,  or  insular  officer  or  official  acting  within  the  scope  of  his  official 
duties. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  duplicate-order  forms  and  the  prescriptions  required  to  be 
preserved  under  the  provisions  of  section  two  of  this  Act,  and  the  statements 
or  returns  filed  in  the  office  of  the  collector  of  the  district,  under  the  pro- 


108    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

visions  of  section  three  of  this  Act,  shall  be  open  to  inspection  by  officers, 
agents,  and  employees  of  the  Treasury  Department  duly  authorized  for  that 
purpose;  and  such  officials  of  any  State  or  Territory,  or  of  any  organized 
municipality  therein,  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  any  insular  possession 
of  the  United  States,  as  shall  be  charged  with  the  enforcement  of  any  law  or 
municipal  ordinance  regulating  the  sale,  prescribing,  dispensing,  dealing  in, 
or  distribution  of  the  aforesaid  drugs.  Each  collector  of  internal  revenue  is 
hereby  authorized  to  furnish,  upon  written  request,  certified  copies  of  any  of 
the  said  statements  or  returns  filed  in  his  office  to  any  of  such  officials  of  any 
State  or  Territory  or  organized  municipality  therein,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States,  as  shall  be  entitled  to 
inspect  the  said  statements  or  returns  filed  in  the  office  of  the  said  collector, 
upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  of  $1  for  each  one  hundred  words  or  fraction 
thereof  in  the  copy  or  copies  so  requested.  Any  person  who  shall  disclose  the 
information  contained  in  the  said  statements  or  returns  or  in  the  said  dupli- 
cate-order forms,  except  as  herein  expressly  provided,  and  except  for  the 
purpose  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  or  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing 
any  law  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  any  insular 
possession  of  the  United  States,  or  ordinance  of  any  organized  municipality 
therein,  regulating  the  sale,  prescribing,  dispensing,  dealing  in,  or  distribution 
of  the  aforesaid  drugs,  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  or  imprisoned  as  provided 
by  section  nine  of  this  Act.  And  collectors  of  internal  revenue  are  hereby 
authorized  to  furnish  upon  written  request,  to  any  person,  a  certified  copy  of 
the  names  of  afiy  or  all  persons  who  may  be  listed  in  their  respective  collec- 
tion districts  as  special-tax  payers  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  upon 
payment  of  a  fee  of  $1  for  each  one  hundred  names  or  fraction  thereof  in  the 
copy  so  requested. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to  the 
sale,  distribution,  giving  away,  dispensing,  or  possession  of  preparations  and 
remedies  which  do  not  contain  more  than  two  grains  of  opium,  or  more  than 
one-fourth  of  a  grain  of  morphine,  or  more  than  one-eighth  of  a  grain  of  heroin, 
or  more  than  one  grain  of  codeine,  or  any  salt  or  derivative  of  any  of  them  in 
one  fluid  ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  or  semisolid  preparation,  in  one  avoirdupois 
ounce;  or  to  liniments,  ointments,  or  other  preparations  which  are  prepared 
for  external  use  only,  except  liniments,  ointments,  and  other  preparations 
which  contain  cocaine  or  any  of  its  salts  or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  or  any  of 
their  salts  or  any  synthetic  substitute  for  them :  Provided,  That  such  remedies 
and  preparations  are  sold,  distributed,  given  away,  dispensed,  or  possessed  as 
medicines  and  not  for  the  purpose  of  evading  the  intentions  and  provisions  of 
this  Act.  The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  not  apply  to  decocainized  coca  leaves 
or  preparations  made  therefrom,  or  to  other  preparations  of  coca  leaves  which 
do  not  contain  cocaine. 

SEC.  7.  That  all  laws  relating  to  the  assessment,  collection,  remission,  and 
refund  of  internal-revenue  taxes,  including  section  thirty-two  hundred  and 
twenty-nine  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States,  so  far  as  applicable 
to  and  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  are  hereby  extended  and 
made  applicable  to  the  special  taxes  imposed  by  this  Act. 

SEC.  8.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  not  registered  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act,  and  who  has  not  paid  the  special  tax  provided  for  by  this 
Act,  to  have  in  his  possession  or  under  his  control  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs; 
and  such  possession  or  control  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  a  violation  of 
this  section,  and  also  of  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  Act : 
Provided,  That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  employee  of  a  registered  per- 
son, or  to  a  nurse  under  the  supervision  of  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary 
surgeon  registered  under  this  Act,  having  such  possession  or  control  by  virtue 
of  his  employment  or  occupation  and  not  on  his  own  account ;  or  to  the  posses- 
sion of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  which  has  or  have  been  prescribed  in  good 
faith  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under  this  Act ; 
or  to  any  United  States,  State,  county,  municipal,  District,  Territorial,  or  insu- 
lar officer  or  official  who  has  possession  of  any  said  drugs,  by  reason  of  his 
official  duties,  or  to  a  warehouseman  holding  possession  for  a  person  regis- 
tered and  who  has  paid  the  taxes  under  this  Act;  or  to  common  carriers  en- 
gaged in  transporting  such  drugs :  Provided  further,  That  it  shall  not  be  neces- 
sary to  negative  any  of  the  aforesaid  exemptions  in  any  complaint,  information, 
indictment,  or  other  writ  or  proceeding  laid  or  brought  under  this  Act ;  and  the 
burden  of  proof  of  any  such  exemption  shall  be  upon  the  defendant. 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    109 

SEC.  9.  That  any  person  who  violates  or  fails  to  comply  with  any  of  the  re- 
quirements of  this  Act  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  more  than  $2,000  or  be 
imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  10.  That  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  is  authorized  to  appoint  such  agents,  deputy  col- 
lectors, inspectors,  chemists,  assistant  chemists,  clerks,  and  messengers  in  the 
field  and  in  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue  in  the  District  of  Columbia  as 
may  be  necessary  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  11.  That  the  sum  of  $150,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary, 
be,  and  hereby  is,  appropriated,  out  of  any  moneys  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this 
Act. 

SEC.  12.  That  nothing  contained  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  impair, 
alter,  amend,  or  repeal  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  entitled  "An  Act  for  preventing  the 
manufacture,  sale,  or  transportation  of  adulterated  or  misbranded,  or  poison- 
ous, or  deleterious  foods,  drugs,  medicines,  and  liquors,  and  for  regulating 
traffic  therein,  and  for  other  purposes,''  and  any  amendment  thereof,  or  of  the 
Act  approved  February  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
prohibit  the  importation  and  use  of  opium  for  other  than  medicinal  purposes," 
and  any  amendment  thereof. 

Approved,  December  17,  1914.     [38  Stat,  785.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations   for   the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen  and  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropriated, 
out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply  urgent 
deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen 
and  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


DEPARTMENT   OF    STATE. 

Payment  to  Panama :  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  State  to  pay  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  Panama  the  third  annual  payment,  due  on  February  twenty-sixth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  from  the  Government  of  the  United  States  to 
the  Government  of  Panama  under  article  fourteen  of  the  treaty  of  November 
eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  $250,000. 


PANAMA  CANAL. 

The  balances  of  the  appropriations  heretofore  made  under  the  heading  "  Forti- 
fications, Panama  Canal,"  are  hereby  consolidated  so  as  to  constitute  one  fund 
in  the  Treasury,  to  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for  under  the  appropriation  title 
of  "  Panama  fortifications  "  for  the  object  specified  in  the  several  appropriation 
Acts  and  in  accordance  with  such  allotments  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War. 

Approved,  January  25,  1915. 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  John  Burrows. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  John  Burrows,  of  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana,  out  of  any  funds  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  the  sum  of  $1,433.33,  to  compensate  him  for  injuries  received 
while  in  the  employ  of  the  Government  on  the  Panama  Canal. 

Approved,  February  27,  1915.     [38  Stat.,  1512.;} 


110    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropriated, 

out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  namely  : 

******* 

MISCELLANEOUS  OBJECTS,  TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 
******* 

Appropriations  in  this  Act  shall  not  be  used  in  payment  of  compensation  or  ex- 
penses of  any  person  detailed  or  transferred  from  the  Secret  Service  Division  of 
the  Treasury  Department,  or  who  may  at  any  time  during  the  fiscal  year  nine- 
teen hundred  and  sixteen  have  been  employed  by  or  under  said  Secret  Service 
Division. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT. 


NATIONAL  CEMETERIES  : 


Disposition  of  remains  of  officers,  soldiers,  civilian  employees,  and  so  forth : 
For  interment,  or  preparation  and  transportation  to  their  homes  or  to  such 
national  cemeteries  as  may  be  designated  by  proper  authority,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  of  the  remains  of  officers,  including  acting  assistant  sur- 
geons, and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  active  list ;  interment,  or  preparation  and 
transportation  to  their  homes,  of  the  remains  of  civil  employees  of  the  Army  in 
the  employ  of  the  War  Department  who  die  abroad,  in  Alaska,  in  the  C?«ial 
Zone,  or  on  Army  transports,  or  who  die  while  on  duty  in  the  field  or  at  military 
posts  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States ;  interment  of  military  prisoners  who 
die  at  military  posts;  removal  of  remains  from  abandoned  posts  to  permanent 
military  posts  or  national  cemeteries,  including  the  remains  of  Federal  soldiers, 
sailors,  or  marines,  interred  in  fields  or  abandoned  private  and  city  cemeteries ; 
and  in  any  case  where  the  expenses  of  burial  or  shipment  of  the  remains  of 
officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  who  die  on  the  active  list  are  borne  by 
individuals,  where  such  expenses  would  have  been  lawful  claims  against  the 
Government,  reimbursement  to  such  individuals  may  be  made  of  the  amount 
allowed  by  the  Government  for  such  services  out  of  this  sum,  but  no  reimburse- 
ment shall  be  made  of  such  expenses  incurred  prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  ten,  $57,500. 


COAST    AND    GEODETIC    SURVEY. 


Field  expenses:  For  surveys  and  necessary  resurveys  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Gulf  coasts  of  the  United  States,  including  the  coasts  of  outlying  islands  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States :  Provided,  That  not  more  than  $25,000  of 
this  amount  shall  be  expended  on  the  coasts  of  said  outlying  islands,  and  the 
Atlantic  entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal,  $65,000 ; 


THE    PANAMA    CANAL. 

For  every  expenditure  requisite  for  and  incident  to  the  construction,  mainte- 
nance and  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal  and 
Canal  Zone,  including  the  following:  Compensation  of  all  officials  and  em- 
ployees; foreign  and  domestic  newspapers  and  periodicals;  law  books  not  ex- 
ceeding $500,  text  books  and  books  of  reference ;  printing  and  binding,  including 
printing  of  annual  report,  rents  and  personal  services  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia ;  purchase  or  exchange  of  typewriting,  adding,  and  other  machines ;  pur- 
chase or  exchange,  maintenance,  repair,  and  operation  of  motor-propelled  and 
horse-drawn  passenger-carrying  vehicles;  claims  for  damages  to  vessels  pass- 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    Ill 

ing  through  the  locks  of  the  Panama  Canal,  as  authorized  by  the  Panama  Canal 
Act;  claims  for  losses  of  or  damages  to  property  arising  from  the  conduct  of 
authorized  business  operations ;  claims  for  damages  caused  to  owners  of  pri- 
vate lands  or  private  property  of  any  kind  by  reason  of  the  grants  contained 
in  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  pro- 
claimed February  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  or  by  reason  of 
the  operations  of  the  United  States,  its  agents  or  employees,  or  by  reason 
of  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  the 
said  canal  or  of  the  work  of  sanitation  and  protection  therein  provided  for, 
whether  such  claims  are  compromised  by  agreement  between  the  claimants  and 
the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  allowed  by  a  joint  land  commission; 
acquisition  of  land  and  land  under  water,  as  authorized  in  the  Panama  Canal 
Act;  expenses  incurred  in  assembling,  assorting,  storing,  repairing,  and  selling 
material,  machinery,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or  ac- 
quired for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  which  are  unserviceable  or 
no  longer  needed,  to  be  reimbursed  from  the  proceeds  of  such  sales ;  expenses 
incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining  estimates  for  appropriations 
on  the  Isthmus ;  expenses  incident  to  any  emergency  arising  because  of  calam- 
ity by  flood,  fire,  pestilence,  or  like  character  not  foreseen  or  otherwise  pro- 
vided for  herein;  per  diem  allowance  in  lieu  of  subsistence  when  prescribed 
by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  persons  engaged  in  field  work  or 
traveling  on  official  business,  pursuant  to  section  thirteen  of  the  sundry  civil 
appropriation  Act  approved  August  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  and 
for  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United  States  as  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  may  deem  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construction,  mainte- 
nance, and  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
all  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
and  accounted  for  as  follows: 

For  continuing  the  construction  and  equipment  of  the  Panama  Canal,  includ- 
ing $1,000  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for 
extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  for  the  Panama  Canal,  and  not  exceeding 
$40,000  for  establishing  two  lights  on  the  Pacific  coast,  necessary  as  aids  to 
navigation  near  the  Pacific  entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal,  one  at  Bona  Island 
and  one  at  Cape  Mala,  said  lights  to  be  established  and  maintained  as  a  part  of 
the  lighting  system  of  the  Panama  Canal,  $10,500,000 ; 

For  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  salary  of  the  Governor, 
$10,000;  purchase,  inspection,  delivery,  handling,  and  storing  of  material, 
supplies,  and  equipment  for  issue  to  all  departments  of  the  Panama  Canal,  the 
Panama  Railroad,  other  branches  of  the  United  States  Government,  and  for 
authorized  sales,  $5,200,000,  together  with  all  moneys  arising  from  the  conduct 
of  business  operations  authorized  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act ; 

For  sanitation,  quarantine,  hospitals,  and  medical  aid  and  support  of  the 
insane  and  of  lepers,  and  aid  and  support  of  indigent  persons  legally  within 
the  Canal  Zone,  including  expenses  of  their  deportation  when  practicable, 
$700,000 ; 

For  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Canal  Zone,  salaries  of  dis- 
trict judge,  $6,000,  district  attorney,  $5,000,  marshal,  $5,000,  and  for  gratuities 
and  necessary  clothing  for  indigent  discharged  prisoners,  $540,000 ; 

In  all,  $16,940,000,  the  same  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue 
available  until  expended:  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appro- 
priations heretofore,  herein,  and  hereafter  made  for  the  construction  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  including  any  portion  of  such  appropriations  which  may  be  used 
for  the  construction  of  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  ware- 
houses, storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances,  for  the 
purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and  supplies,  for 
the  construction  of  office  buildings  and  quarters,  and  other  necessary  buildings, 
exclusive  of  fortifications  and  colliers,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  used  for 
operating  and  maintaining  the  canal,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  expended  for 
sanitation  and  civil  government  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  may  be  paid  from  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States 
out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said 
Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section  thirty- 
nine  of  the  tariff  Act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and  unfore- 
seen at  the 'time  of  submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  and  except 
for  those  employed  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  permanent  quarters, 
offices,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks, 


112    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

wharves,  warehouses,  storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appur- 
tenances for  the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs, 
and  supplies,  and  except  for  the  permanent  operating  organization  under  which 
the  compensation  of  the  various  positions  is  limited  by  section  four  of  the 
Panama  Canal  Act,  there  shall  not  be  employed  at  any  time  during  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen  under  any  of  the  foregoing  appropriations 
for  the  Panama  Canal,  any  greater  number  of  persons  than  are  specified  in  the 
notes  submitted  respectively  in  connection  with  the  estimates  for  each  of  said 
appropriations  in  the  annual  Book  of  Estimates  for  said  year,  nor  shall  there 
be  paid  to  any  such  person  during  that  fiscal  year  any  greater  rate  of  com- 
pensation than  was  authorized  to  be  paid  to  persons  occupying  the  same  or  like 
positions  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen;  and  all  em- 
ployments made  or  compensation  increased  because  of  emergencies  or  condi- 
tions so  arising  shall  be  specifically  set  forth,  with  the  reasons  therefor,  by  the 
governor  in  his  report  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  sums  there  is  appropriated,  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  for  expenditure  and  reinvestment  under  the  sev- 
eral heads  of  appropriation  aforesaid  without  being  covered  into  the  Treasury 
of  the  United  States,  all  moneys  received  by  the  Panama  Canal  from  services 
rendered  or  materials  and  supplies  furnished  to  the  United  States,  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company,  the  Canal  Zone  government,  or  to  their  employees,  respec- 
tively, or  to  the  Panama  Government;  from  hotel  and  hospital  supplies  and 
services ;  from  rentals,  wharfage,  and  like  services ;  from  labor,  materials,  and 
supplies  and  other  services  furnished  to  vessels  other  than  those  passing  through 
the  canal,  and  to  others  unable  to  obtain  the  same  elsewhere ;  from  the  sale  of 
scrap  and  other  by-products  of  manufacturing  and  shop  operations;  from  the 
sale  of  obsolete  and  unserviceable  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  purchased 
or  acquired  for  the  operation,  maintenance,  protection,  sanitation,  and  govern- 
ment of  the  canal  and  Canal  Zone ;  and  any  net  profits  accruing  from  such  busi- 
ness to  the  Panama  Canal  shall  annually  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  of  the 
United  States. 

In  addition  there  is  appropriated  for  the  operation,  maintenance,  and  exten- 
sion of  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon, 
during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  the  necessary  portions  of 
such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as  water  rentals  or  directly  by  the  Government  of 
Panama  for  such  expenses. 

FORTIFICATIONS,    PANAMA    CANAL. 

For  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  imme- 
diately available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended,  namely  : 

Electric  light  and  power  plants :  For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  electric 
light  and  power  plants  for  the  seacoast  fortifications  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $3,081. 

Searchlights:  For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  searchlights  for  the  sea- 
coast  fortifications  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $79,666. 

Clearings  and  trails :  For  maintenance  of  clearings  and  trails,  $45,000. 

For  protection,  preservation,  and  repair  of  the  fortifications  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  including  structures  erected  for  torpedo  defense,  and  for  maintaining 
channels  for  access  to  torpedo  wharves,  $15,000. 

For  maintenance  and  repair  of  searchlights  and  electric  light  and  power 
equipment  for  the  fortifications  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  for  tools,  electrical 
and  other  supplies,  and  appliances  to  be  used  in  their  operation,  $7,500. 

For  reserve  equipment  for  the  fortifications  of  the  Panama  Canal,  $50,000. 

Where  the  expenses  of  persons  engaged  in  field  work  or  traveling  on  official 
business  are  chargeable  to  appropriations  herein  for  fortifications  or  other 
works  of  defense  for  the  Panama  Canal,  a  per  diem  may  be  allowed  in  lieu  of 
subsistence,  pursuant  to  section  thirteen  of  the  sundry  civil  appropriation  Act 
for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen. 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  and  land 
defense  cannon,  including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  therewith, 
and  the  machinery  necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $733,000 : 

Provided,  That  if.  in  the  opinion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  it  should  be  to  the 
best  interests  of  the  United  States,  not  to  exceed  $50,000  of  the  foregoing  appro- 
priation may  be  expended  for  the  erection  of  a  building  at  the  Watertown 
Arsenal  for  the  installation  of  machinery  to  be  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
projectiles. 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    113 

For  the  alteration,  maintenance,  and  installation  of  the  seacoast  artillery, 
including  the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  machinery,  tools,  and  materials  nec- 
essary for  the  work,  and  expenses  of  civilian  mechanics,  and  extra-duty  pay  of 
enlisted  men  engaged  thereon,  $30,000. 

For  alteration,  maintenance,  nnd  repair  of  submarine  mine  materiel,  $2.500: 

Fire  control:  For  the  construction  of  fire-control  stations  and  the  purchase 
and  installation  of  accessories  therefor,  $383,301.30; 

For  continuing  the  construction  on  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  of  barracks, 
quarters,  storehouses,  and  other  buildings  necessary  for  accommodating  the 
mobile  army  and  Coast  Artillery  troops  to  be  stationed  there,  including  water, 
sower,  and  lighting  systems,  roads,  walks,  and  so  forth,  and  for  repairing  and 
remddeling  existing  buildings  to  render  them  suitable  for  sheltering  troops 
$1,290,000 ; 

In  all,  specifically  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  $2,639,048.30. 

SEC.  2.  No  part  of  the  money  appropriated  by  this  Act  shall  be  used  for 
payment  of  salaries  or  expenses  of  the  Joint  Land  Commission,  established 
under  article  fifteen  of  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama,  in  adjudicating  or  settling  any  claim  originating  under  any  lease 
or  contract  for  occupancy,  made  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  or  for  the  payment  of  any  awards  made  by  said  commission  on 
account  of  any  such  claims. 

SEC.  3.  That  in  prescribing  regulations  under  the  provisions  of  section  five  of 
the  sundry  civil  Act  of  August  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  the  Presi- 
dent shall  provide  that  in  lieu  of  furnishing  to  the  auditor  individual  detail 
collection  vouchers,  not  provided  for  in  said  regulations,  two  competent  persons, 
one  from  the  office  of  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  designated  by  the 
auditor,  and  one  from  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  designated 
by  the  comptroller,  shall  be  sent  semiannual!?,  at  such  time  as  may  be  desig- 
nated by  the  comptroller,  to  the  Canal  Zone  to  examine  the  accounts  and 
vouchers  and  verify  the  submitted  schedules  of  collections  and  report  in 
triplicate  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treas- 
ury, and  the  auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal ;  and  such  persons  shall  make  such 
other  examination  into  the  accounts  of  the  Panama  Canal  as  may  be  directed  by 
the  comptroller,  and  for  all  such  purposes  they  shall  have  access  to  all  records 
and  papers  pertaining  thereto.  Such  examination  and  inspection  shall  be  made 
for  the  period  covered  by  the  persons  designated  as  soon  as  practicable,  and  the 
report  of  such  persons  shall  be  promptly  filed.  Such  persons  shall  be  furnished 
their  transportation  going  and  returning,  including  meals,  and  be  paid  a  per 
diem  of  $4  from  the  day  of  sailing  from  the  United  States  until  return  thereto, 
both  days  inclusive,  in  lieu  of  subsistence  on  the  Isthmus  and  all  other  expenses, 
out  of  such  appropriation  for  the  Panama  Canal  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
governor. 

SEC.  4.  That  appropriations  herein  for  printing  and  binding  shall  not  be 
used  for  any  annual  report  or  the  accompanying  documents  unless  the  copy 
therefor  is  furnished  to  the  Public  Printer  in  the  following  manner :  Copies  of 
the  documents  accompanying  such  annual  reports  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
day  of  October  of  each  year;  copies  of  the  annual  reports  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  November  of  each  year ;  and  complete  revised  proofs  of  the 
accompanying  documents  and  the  annual  reports  on  the  tenth  and  twentieth 
days  of  November  of  each  year,  respectively.  The  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  the  annual  reports  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  the  Com- 
missioner of  Patents,  or  the  Comptroller  of  the  Currency. 

SEC.  5.  That  no  part  of  any  money  appropriated  by  this  Act  shall  be  used 
during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen  for  the  purchase  of  any 
typewriting  machine  at  a  price  in  excess  of  the  lowest  price  paid  by  the. Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  for  the  same  make  and  substantially  the  same 
model  of  machine  during  the  period  of  the  fiscal  years  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirteen  and  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen ;  such  price  shall  include  the  value 
of  any  typewriting  machine  or  machines  given  in  exchange,  but  shall  not  apply 
to  special  prices  granted  on  typewriting  machines  used  in  schools  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  or  of  the  Indian  Service. 

SEC.  6.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  to  the  extent  they 
are  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  repealed. 

Approved,  March  3,  1915.     [38  Stat,  836,  843,  883.] 
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114    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An  Act  To  authorize  aids  to  navigation  and  other  works  in  the  Lighthouse  Service,  and 

for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  Americg,  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  is  hereby 
authorized  to  establish,  provide,  or  improve  the  following  aids  to  navigation  and 
other  works  in  the  Lighthouse  Service,  under  the  Department  of  Commerce,  iu 
accordance  with  the  respective  limits  of  costs  hereinafter  respectively  set  forth, 
which  shall  in  no  case  be  exceeded. 


PANAMA    CANAL. 

Two  lights  on  the  Pacific  coast,  necessary  as  aids  to  navigation  near  the  Pa- 
cific entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal,  at  a  total  cost  not  exceeding  $48,000;  one 
of  them  at  Punta  Mala,  the  other  at  Bona  Island. 

And  for  the  construction  of  these  two  aids  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  may, 
by  satisfactory  arrangement  with  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  have 
them  constructed  and  maintained  through  the  Panama  Canal  force. 

******* 

Approved,  March  3,  1915.     [38  Stat,  927.] 

An   Act  Making  appropriations   for  the   naval   service   for   the   fiscal   year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  for  other  purposes : 

******* 

PUBLIC    WORKS,  BUREAU   OF    YARDS    AND   DOCKS. 

*  *  ***** 

That  the  appropriation  of  $400.000  for  erection  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  of 
barracks,  quarters,  and  other  buildings  for  accommodation  of  marines,  con- 
tained in  the  Act  of  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen,  is  hereby 
reappropriated,  and  $200,000  thereof  made  available  for  the  erection  of  marine 
barracks  at  Mare  Island,  California  and  $200,000  thereof  made  available  for 
the  erection  of  marine  barracks  at  Norfolk,  Virginia. 


BUREAU   OF    STEAM    ENGINEERING. 

*  *  ***** 

High-power  radio  stations:  Toward  the  purchase  and  preparation  of  neces- 
sary sites,  purchase  and  erection  of  towers  and  buildings,  and  the  purchase  and 
installation  of  machinery  and  apparatus  of  high-power  radio  stations  (cost  not 
to  exceed  $1,500,000),  to  be  located  as  follows:  One  in  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone, 
one  on  the  California  coast,  one  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  one  in  American 
Samoa,  one  on  the  island  of  Guam,  and  one  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  $400,000, 
to  be  available  until  expended. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  March  3,  1915.     [38  Stat.,  937,  946.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  F.  W.  Theodore  Schroeter. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  F.  W.  Theodore  Schroeter,  out  of 
any  funds  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  $1.397.66,  to 
compensate  him  for  injuries  received  while  in  the  employ  of  the  Government 
of  the  United  States  on  the  Panama  Canal  September  twenty-eighth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  seven :  Provided,  That  in  case  of  the  death  of  the  claimant,  pay- 
ment of  such  claim  shall  be  made  to  the  legal  representatives. 

Approved,  March  3,  1915.     [38  Stat.,  1545.] 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    115 
An  Act  For  the  relief  of  L.  V.  Thomas. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representative*  of  the  I'nited  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and 
he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  L.  V.  Thomas  the  sum  of  $1,680, 
out  of  any  money  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  personal  injuries  received 
while  working  on  the  Panama  Canal  in  the  employ  of  the  Panama  Canal  Com- 
mission as  a  carpenter. 

Approved,  March  3,  1915.     [38  Stat,  1546.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  Judicial  expenses  of  the 
Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled, 

*  *  •   *  *  *  *  * 

SEC.  5.  That  hereafter  subscriptions  to  periodicals,  which  have  been  certified  in 
writing  by  the  respective  heads  of  the  executive  departments  or  other  Govern- 
ment establishments  to  be  required  for  official  use,  may  be  paid  in  advance  from 
appropriations  available  therefor. 

*  *  ***** 
Approved,  March  4.  1015.     [38  Stat.,  1049.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen. 

******* 

BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS,  PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS  : 

******* 

Provided  further,  That  on  and  after  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  no  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  shall,  except  upon  his  own 
request,  be  required  to  serve  in  a  single  tour  of  duty  for  more  than  two  years 
in  the  Philippine  Islands,  nor  more  than  three  years  in  the  Panama  Canal 
Zone,  except  in  case  of  insurrection  or  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities  : 


MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

******* 

HOSPITAL  CARE,  CANAL  ZONE  GARRISONS  :  For  paying  the  Panama  Canal  such 
reasonable  charges,  exclusive  of  subsistence,  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  caring  in  its  hospitals  for  officers,  enlisted  men,  military 
prisoners,  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Army  admitted  thereto  upon  the 
request  of  proper  military  authority :  Provided,  That  the  subsistence  of  the 
said  patients,  except  commissioned  officers  and  acting  dental  surgeons,  shall  be 
paid  to  said  hospitals  out  of  the  appropriation  for  subsistence  of  the  Army  at 
the  rates  provided  therein  for  commutation  of  rations  for  enlisted  patients  in 
general  hospitals,  $45,000. 

******* 

Approved,  March  4,  1915.     [38  Stat.,  1078,  1080.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic  and 


116    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  sixteen,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for 
the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely: 


RELIEF    AND   PROTECTION    OF    AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  ship- 
wrecked American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
Porto  Rico,  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  $20,000. 


EXPOSITION   IN   CITY   OF   PANAMA. 

That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  accept  an  invitation 
extended  by  the  Government  of  Panama  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States 
to  participate  in  an  exposition  to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Panama ;  and  the  sum 
of  $25,000  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  enable  suitable  participation  in  said 
exposition  by  this  country,  for  an  appropriate  exhibit  of  the  arts,  industries, 
manufactures,  products  of  the  soil,  mines,  and  waters  of  the  United  States, 
and,  as  far  as  practicable,  of  the  functions  of  the  General  Government,  and  an 
exhibit  of  such  other  articles  as  the  President  may  direct,  including  an  exhibit 
relating  to  the  Panama  Canal. 

******* 

Approved,  March  4,  1915.     [38  Stat.,  1125,  1127.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply 
deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen 
and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


MEDICAL  DEPAETMENT. 

Hospital  care,  Canal  Zone  garrisons:  For  paying  the  Panama  Canal  such 
reasonable  charges,  exclusive  of  subsistence,  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  caring  in  its  hospitals  for  officers,  enlisted  men,  military 
prisoners,  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Army  admitted  thereto  upon  the  request 
of  proper  military  authority,  $45,000:  Provided,  That  the  subsistence  of  the 
said  patients,  except  commissioned  officers  and  acting  dental  surgeons,  shall  be 
paid  to  said  hospitals  out  of  the  appropriations  for  subsistence  of  the  Army 
at  the  rates  provided  therein  for  commutation  of  rations  for  enlisted  patients 
in  general  hospitals :  Provided  further,  That  of  this  sum  $2,000  shall  be  available 
to  pay  the  canal  for  similar  services  rendered  during  the  month  of  June,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  fourteen. 

******* 

SEC.  5.  That  the  executive  departments  and  other  Government  establishments 
and  all  branches  of  the  public  service  may  hereafter  exchange  typewriters, 
adding  machines,  and  other  similar  labor  saving  devices  in  part  payment  for 
new  machines  used  for  the  same  purpose  as  those  proposed  to  be  exchanged. 
There  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress,  on  the  first  day  of  the  session  following 
the  close  of  each  fiscal  year,  a  report  showing,  as  to  each  exchange  hereunder, 
the  make  of  the  article,  the  period  of  its  use,  the  allowance  therefor,  and  the 
article,  make  thereof,  and  price,  including  exchange  value,  paid  or  to  be  paid 
for  each  article  procured  through  such  exchange. 

******* 


Approved,  March  4,  1915.     [38  Stat.,  1144,  1161.] 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    117 

An  Act  To  provide  for  recognizing  the  services  of  certain  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and 
Public  Health  Service  for  their  services  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  to  extend  to  certain  of  such  officers  the  thanks  of  Congress,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  hereby 
extended  to  the  following  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States 
who,  as  members  of  the  late  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  have  rendered  distin- 
guished service  in  constructing  the  Panama  Canal,  to  wit :  Colonel  George  W. 
Goethals,  chairman  and  chief  engineer;  Brigadier  General  William  C.  Gorgas, 
sanitary  expert :  Colonel  H.  F.  Hodges,  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  L.  Sibert, 
and  Commander  H.  H.  Rousseau. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized,  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  Senate,  to  advance  in  rank  Colonel  George  W.  Goethals  to  the 
grade  of  major  general  of  the  line,  United  States  Army ;  Brigadier  General  Wil- 
liam C.  Gorgas  to  the  rank  of  major  general  in  the  Medical  Department,  United 
States  Army ;  Colonel  H.  F.  Hodges  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  L.  Sibert 
to  the  grade  of  brigadier  general  of  the  line,  United  States  Army ;  and  Com- 
mander H.  H.  Rousseau  to  the  grade  of  rear  admiral  of  the  lower  Nine,  United 
States  Navy. 

SEC.  3.  That  such  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  as  were  detailed  for  duty 
with  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  for  more  than 
three  years,  and  who  shall  not  have  been  advanced  in  rank  by  any  other  pro- 
vision of  this  bill,  shall  be  advanced  one  grade  in  rank  upon  retirement:  Pro- 
vided, That  any  officer  of  the  Army  or  Navy  now  on  the  retired  list  with  similar 
service  shall  be  immediately  advanced  one  grade  in  rank  on  the  retired  list  of 
the  Army  or  Navy. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  President  is  further  authorized,  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  Senate,  to  appoint  such  officers  of  the  Public  Health  Service  as 
were  detailed  for  duty  with  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  on  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  for  more  than  three  years  to  the  grade  next  above  that  at  present  held 
by  such  officers. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  numbers  in  such  grades  provided  for  in  sections  two  and 
four  of  this  Act,  except  where  vacancies  occurring  in  any  grade  by  the  provis- 
ions of  this  Act  can  be  filled  by  such  officers  in  a  lower  grade  as  are  entitled  to 
the  benefits  of  this  Act,  shall  be  temporarily  increased  during  the  time  such 
offices  may  be  held :  Provided,  That  the  officer  who  may  be  advanced  and  ap- 
pointed major  general  in  the  Medical  Department,  United  States  Army,  shall 
thereupon  become  the  head  of  such  department,  and  the  operation  of  so  much  of 
section  twenty-six  of  the  Act  of  February  second,  nineteen  hundred  and  one,  as 
limits  the  term  of  office  of  the  head  of  the  Medical  Department,  United  States 
Army,  shall  be  suspended  during  the  incumbency  of  the  head  of  the  department 
who  may  be  appointed  under  this  Act:  Provided,  That  whenever  the  head  of 
the  Medical  Department  appointed  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  become 
separated  from  the  active  list  of  the  Army,  by  retirement  or  otherwise,  the  extra 
office  or  grade  to  which  he  shall  have  been  so  advanced  or  appointed  shall  cease 
and  determine,  and  thereafter  the  rank  of  the  head  of  the  Medical  Department, 
United  States  Army,  shall  be  that  of  a  brigadier  general :  Provided  further,  That 
nothing  in  this  Act  shall  operate  to  interfere  with  or  retard  the  promotion  to 
which  any  officer  would  be  entitled  under  existing  law :  And  provided  further, 
That  the  officers  advanced  to  higher  grades  under  this  Act  shall  be  junior  to 
the  officers  who  now  rank  them  under  existing  law  when  these  officers  have 
reached  the  same  grade. 

SEC.  6.  That  at  any  time  after  the  passage  of  this  Act  any  officer  of  the 
Army  or  Navy  to  be  benefited  by  the  provisions  of  this  Act  may,  on  his  own  ap- 
plication, be  retired  by  the  President  at  seventy-five  per  centum  of  the  pay  of 
the  rank  upon  which  he  is  retired. 

Approved,  March  4,  1915.     [38  Stat,  1190,  1191.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  further  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  prior  years, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropriated, 
out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply  further 


118    TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  prior  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


DEPAETMENT  OF  STATE. 
FOREIGN  INTERCOURSE. 


Payment  to  Panama :  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  State  to  pay  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  Panama  the  fourth  annual  payment,  due  on  February  twenty-sixth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  from  the  Government  of  the  United  States  to 
the  Government  of  Panama  under  article  fourteen  of  the  treaty  of  November 
eighteen,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  $250,000. 

*  *  *  $  *  *  * 

Approved,  February  28,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  15.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  expenses  of  the 
Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled, 

*  *  ***** 

SEC.  4.  That  no  part  of  any  money  appropriated  by  this  or  any  other  Act 
shall  be  used  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen  for  the 
purchase  of  any  typewriting  machine  at  a  price  in  excess  of  the  lowest  price 
paid  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States  for  the  same  make  and  substan- 
tially the  same  model  of  machine  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen  ;  such  price  shall  include  the  value  of  any  typewriting  machine  or  ma- 
chines given  in  exchange,  but  shall  not  apply  to  special  prices  granted  on  type- 
writing machines  used  in  schools  of  the  District  of  Columbia  or  of  the  Indian 
Service,  the  lowest  of  which  special  prices  paid  for  typewriting  machines  shall 
not  be  exceeded  in  future  purchases  for  such  schools:  Providing,  That  in  con- 
struing this  section  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  shall  advise  the  Comptroller 
of  the  Treasury  as  to  whether  the  changes  in  any  typewriter  are  of  such  struc- 
tural character  as  to  constitute  a  new  machine  not  within  the  limitations  of 
this  section. 

*  *  ***** 

SEC.  6.  That  unless  otherwise  specially  authorized  by  law  no  money  appro- 
priated by  this  or  any  other  Act  shall  be  available  for  payment  to  any  person 
receiving  more  than  one  salary  when  the  combined  amount  of  said  salaries 
exceeds  the  sum  of  $2,000  per  annum,  but  this  shall  not  apply  to  retired  officers 
of  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  whenever  they  may  be  appointed  or  elected 
to  public  office  or  whenever  the  President  shall  appoint  them  to  office  by  and 
with  -the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate  or  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of 
the  Organized  Militia  and  Naval  Militia  in  the  several  States,  Territories,  and 
the  District  of  Columbia. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  May  10,  1916.     [39  Stat.;  120.] 


An  Act  For  making  further  and  more  effectual  provision  for  the  national  defense,  and 

for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  anfl  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled, 

*  *  ***** 

SEC.  62.  NUMBER  OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — 

*  *  ***** 

Provided  further,  That  the  word  Territory  as  used  in  this  Act  and  in  all  laws 
relating  to  the  land  militia  and  National  Guard  shall  include  and  apply  to 
Hawaii,  Alaska,  Porto  Rico,  and  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  militia  of  the  Canal 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    119 

Zone  shall  be  organized  under  such  rules  and  regulations,  not  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  as  the  President  may  prescribe. 

*  *  *  *  *  »  * 

Approved,  June  3,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  198.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled.  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  seventeen,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely  : 

*  *  *  *  *  *,* 

PAYMENT  TO  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  PANAMA  :  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  State 
to  pay  to  the  Government  of  Panama  the  fifth  annual  payment  due  on  February 
twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  from  the  Government  of  the 
United  States  to  the  Government  of  Panama  under  article  fourteen  of  the  treaty 
of  November  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  $250,000. 


RELIEF   AND   PROTECTION    OF    AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  in  the 
Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  shipwrecked  American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of 
Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  and  the  Philippine  Islands, 
$40,000. 


Approved,  July  1,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  259,  262.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Seriate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Conarcss  assembled.  That  the  following  sums  are  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  namely : 


WAR    DEPARTMENT. 

*  *  * 

QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

*  *  * 


NATIONAL  CEMETERIES  : 


Disposition  of  remains  of  officers,  soldiers,  civilian  employees,  and  so  forth : 
For  interment,  or  of  preparation  and  transportation  to  their  homes  or  to  such 
national  cemeteries  as  may  be  designated  by  proper  authority,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Secretary  of  War.  of  the  remains  of  officers,  including  acting  assistant 
surgeons  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  active  list ;  interment,  or  of  preparation 
and  transportation  to  their  homes,  of  the  remains  of  civil  employees  of  the  Army 
in  the  employ  of  the  War  Department  who  die  abroad,  in  Alaska,  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  or  on  Army  transports,  or  who  die  while  on  duty  in  the  field  or  at  military 
posts  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States;  interment  of  military  prisoners 
who  die  at  military  posts ;  removal  of  remains  from  abandoned  posts  to  per- 
manent military  posts  or  national  cemeteries,  including  the  remains  of  Federal 


120    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

soldiers,  sailors,  or  marines,  interred  in  fields  or  abandoned  private  and  city 
cemeteries;  and  in  any  case  where  the  expenses  of  burial  or  shipment  of  the 
remains  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  who  die  on  the  active  list  are 
borne  by  individuals,  where  such  expenses  would  have  been  lawful  claims 
against  the  Government,  reimbursement  to  such  individuals  may  be  made  of 
the  amount  allowed  by  the  Government  for  such  services  out  of  this  sum,  but 
no  reimbursement  shall  be  made  of  such  expenses  incurred  prior  to  July  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  $57,500. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  COMMERCE. 
*  *  * 

COAST   AND  GEODETIC   SURVEY. 


Field  expenses:  For  surveys  and  necessary  resurveys  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Gulf  coasts  of  the  United  States,  including  the  coasts  of  outlying  islands  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States:  Provided,  That  not  more  than  $25,000 
of  this  amount  shall  be  expended  on  the  coasts  of  said  outlying  islands,  and 
the  Atlantic  entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal,  $90,000 ; 


THE  PANAMA  CANAL. 

For  every  expenditure  requisite  for  and  incident  to  the  construction,  mainte- 
nance and  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal  and 
Canal  Zone,  including  the  following :  Compensation  of  all  officials  and  employees ; 
foreign  and  domestic  newspapers  and  periodicals ;  law  books  not  exceeding  $500, 
text  books  and  books  of  reference ;  printing  and  binding,  including  printing  of 
annual  report,  rents  and  personal  services  in  the  District  of  Columbia ;  purchase 
or  exchange  of  typewriting,  adding,  and  other  machines ;  purchase  or  exchange, 
maintenance,  repair,  and  operation  of  motor-propelled  and  horse-drawn  pas- 
senger-carrying vehicles;  claims  for  damages  to  vessels  passing  through  the 
locks  of  the  Panama  Canal,  as  authorized  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act;  claims 
for  losses  of  or  damages  to  property  arising  from  the  conduct  of  authorized 
business  operations;  claims  for  damages  caused  to  owners  of  private  lands  or 
private  property  of  any  kind  by  reason  of  the  grants  contained  in  the  treaty 
between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  proclaimed  February 
twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  or  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the 
United  States,  its  agents  or  employees,  or  by  reason  of  the  construction,  mainte- 
nance, operation,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  the  said  canal  or  of  the  work  of 
sanitation  and  protection  therein  provided  for,  whether  such  claims  are  compro- 
mised by  agreement  between  the  claimants  and  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal  or  allowed  by  a  joint  land  commission ;  acquisition  of  land  and  land  under 
water,  as  authorized  in  the, Panama  Canal  Act;  expenses  incurred  in  assembling, 
assorting,  storing,  repairing,  and  selling  material,  machinery,  and  equipment 
heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or  acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal  which  are  unserviceable  or  no  longer  needed,  to  be  reimbursed  from  the 
proceeds  of  such  sales;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining 
estimates  for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus;  expenses  incident  to  any  emer- 
gency arising  because  of  calamity  by  flood,  fire,  pestilence,  or  like  character 
riot  foreseen  or  otherwise  provided  for  herein ;  per  diem  allowance  in  lieu  of 
subsistence  when  prescribed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  persons 
engaged  in  field  work  or  traveling  on  official  business,  pursuant  to  section 
thirteen  of  the  sundry  civil  appropriation  Act  approved  August  first,  nineteen 
hundred  and  fourteen,  and  for  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United  States  as 
the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  deem  necessary  to  best  promote  the 
construction,  maintenance,  and  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  all  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  accounted  for  as  follows : 

For  continuing  the  construction  and  equipment  of  the  Panama  Canal,  includ- 
ing $1,000  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the  AVar  Department  for 
extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  for  the  Panama  Canal ;  equipping  of  colliers 


TEEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    121 

Ulysses  and  Achilles  with  self-discharging  equipment  at  not  exceeding  $125,- 
000  each  and  not  exceeding  $50,000  for  covering  certain  unprotected  surfaces 
of  said  colliers  with  bituntastic  enamel ;  toward  construction  by  contract  or 
in  navy  yards  complete,  in  every  detail,  including  self-discharging  equipment 
and  all  other  necessary  apparatus,  of  two  colliers  at  a  total  cost  not  exceeding 
$1,300,000  each  under  a  contract  or  contracts  hereby  authorized  therefor ;  also 
toward  construction  of  one  dock  At  Cristobal  (numbered  six)  at  a  total  cost 
not  exceeding  $1,500,000  under  a  contract  or  contracts  hereby  authorized  there- 
for, $9,750,000.  No  part  of  this  sum  or  of  any  unexpended  balance  of  appropria- 
tions for  construction  and  equipment  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  expended 
for  construction  or  establishment  of  new  quarantine  stations. 

For  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  salary  of  the  governor, 
$10,000;  purchase,  inspection,  delivery,  handling,  and  storing  of  material,  sup- 
plies, and  equipment  for  issue  to  all  departments  of  the  Panama  Canal,  the 
Panama  Railroad,  other  branches  of  the  United  States  Government,  and  for 
authorized  sales,  $5,750,000,  together  with  all  moneys  arising  from  the  conduct 
of  business  operations  authorized  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act. 

For  sanitation,  quarantine,  hospitals,  and  medical  aid  and  support  of  the  in- 
sane and  of  lepers,  and  aid  and  support  of  indigent  persons  legally  within  the 
Canal  Zone,  including  expenses  of  their  deportation  when  practicable,  $700,000. 

For  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Canal  Zone,  salaries  of  dis- 
trict judge  $6,000,  district  attorney  $5,000,  marshal  $5,000,  and  for  gratuities 
and  necessary  clothing  for  indigent  discharged  prisoners,  $600,000. 

In  all,  $16,800,000,  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available 
until  expended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropriations  here- 
tofore, herein,  and  hereafter  made  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
including  any  portion  of  such  appropriations  which  may  be  used  for  the  con- 
struction of  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  warehouses,  store- 
houses, and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances,  for  the  purpose  of 
providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and  supplies,  for  the  construc- 
tion of  office  buildings  and  quarters,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  exclusive 
of  fortifications,  colliers,  dock  six  at  Cristobal,  and  reboilering  of  steamships 
"Ancon "  and  "  Cristobal,"  which  steamships  shall  not  be  transferred  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  as  provided  in  the  Act  of  May  twenty-seventh,  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight,  and  exclusive  of  the  fair  value  of  the  American  legation 
building  in  Panama,  as  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  Secretary  of 
State,  which  building  is  authorized  to  be  transferred  without  charge  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  used  for 
operating  and  maintaining  the  canal,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  expended 
for  sanitation  and  civil  government  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  may  be  paid  from  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States 
out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said 
Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section  thirty- 
nine  of  the  tariff  Act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and  un- 
foreseen at  the  time  of  submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  and  ex- 
cept for  those  employed  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  permanent 
quarters,  offices,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards, 
docks,  wharves,  warehouses,  storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and 
appurtenances  for  the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor, 
repairs,  and  supplies,  and  except  for  the  permanent  operating  organization 
under  which  the  compensation  of  the  various  positions  is  limited  by  section 
four  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  there  shall  not  be  employed  at  any  time  during 
the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen  under  any  of  the  foregoing 
appropriations  for  the  Panama  Canal,  any  greater  number  of  persons  than  are 
specified  in  the  notes  submitted  respectively  in  connection  with  the  estimates 
for  each  of  said  appropriations  in  the  annual  Book  of  Estimates  for  said  year, 
nor  shall  there  be  paid  to  any  such  person  during  that  fiscal  year  any  greater 
rate  of  compensation  than  was  authorized  to  be  paid  to  persons  occupying  the 
same  or  like  positions  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen  ; 
and  all  employments  made  or  compensation  increased  because  of  emergencies  or 
conditions  so  arising  shall  be  specifically  set  forth,  with  the  reasons  therefor, 
by  the  governor  in  his  report  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  sums  there  is  appropriated,  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  for  expenditure  and  reinvestment  under  the 
several  heads  of  appropriation  aforesaid  without  being  covered  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States,  all  moneys  received  by  the  Panama  Canal  from 


122    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

services  rendered  or  materials  and  supplies  furnished  to  the  United  States,  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  the  Canal  Zone  government,  or  to  their  employees, 
respectively,  or  to  the  Panama  Government,  from  hotel  and  hospital  supplies 
and  services ;  from  rentals,  wharfage,  and  like  services ;  from  labor,  materials, 
and  supplies  and  other  services  furnished  to  vessels  other  than  those  passing 
through  the  canal,  and  to  others  unable  to  obtain  the  same  elsewhere;  from 
the  sale  of  scrap  and  other  by-products  of  manufacturing  and  shop  operations ; 
from  the  sale  of  obsolete  and  unserviceable  material,  supplies,  and  equipment 
purchased  or  acquired  for  the  operation,  maintenance,  protection,  sanitation, 
and  government  of  the  canal  and  Canal  Zone;  and  any  net  profits  accruing 
from  such  business  to  the  Panama  Canal  shall  annually  be  covered  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States. 

In  addition  there  is  appropriated  for  the  operation,  maintenance,  and  ex- 
tension of  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and 
Colon,  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  the  necessary 
portions  of  such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as  water  rentals  or  directly  by  the 
Government  of  Panama  for  such  expenses. 

FOETIFICATIONS,    PANAMA    CANAL. 

For  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  im- 
mediately available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended,  namely : 

For  maintenance  of  clearings  and  trails,  $30.000. 

For  protection,  preservation,  and  repair  of  fortifications,  including  struc- 
tures erected  for  torpedo  defense,  and  for  maintaining  channels  for  access 
to  torpedo  wharves,  $15,000. 

For  maintenance  and  repair  of  searchlights  and  electric  light  and  power 
equipment  for  fortifications,  and  for  tools,  electrical  and  other  supplies,  and 
appliances  to  be  used  in  their  operation,  $7,500. 

For  the  construction  of  seacoast  batteries,  $400,000 ; 

For  the  construction  of  mining  casemates,  cable  gnlleries,  torpedo  store- 
houses, cable  tanks,  and  other  structures  necessary  for  the  operation,  preserva- 
tion, and  care  of  submarine  mines  and  their  accessories  on  the  Canal  Zone, 
$47,000. 

For  purchase  of  submarine  mines  and  the  necessary  appliances  to  operate 
them  for  closing  channels  leading  to  the  Panama  Canal,  $240,000. 

For  alteration,  maintenance,  and  repair  of  submarine  mine  materiel,  $2,500; 

For  operation  and  maintenance  of  fire-control  installations  at  seacoast  de- 
fenses, $5,000. 

For  the  \  urchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  seacoast  cannon  for  coast  de- 
fense, including  their  carriages,  sights,  implements,  equipments,  and  the  ma- 
chinery necessary  for  their  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $120,000:  Provided, 
That  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  United  States  Army,  is  authorized  to  enter  into 
contracts  or  otherwise  incur  obligations  for  the  purpose  above  mentioned  not 
to  exceed  $180,000  in  addition  to  the  appropriations  herein  and  heretofore 
made. 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  and 
land  defense  cannon,  including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  there- 
with, and  the  machinery  necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arsenals, 
$1,600,000. 

For  the  alteration,  maintenance,  and  installation  of  the  seacoast  artillery, 
including  the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  machinery,  tools,  and  materials 
necessary  for  the  work,  and  expenses  of  civilian  mechanics,  and  extra-duty  pay 
of  enlisted  men  engaged  thereon,  $68,000. 

For  continuing  the  construction  of  barracks,  quarters,  storehouses,  and  other 
buildings  necessary  for  accommodating  the  mobile  army  and  Coast  Artillery 
troops  to  be  stationed  there,  including  water,  sewer,  and  lighting  systems, 
roads,  walks,  and  so  forth,  and  for  repairing  and  remodeling  existing  build- 
ings to  render  them  suitable  for  sheltering  troops,  $2,000,000; 

In  all,  specifically  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  $4,535,000. 

Provided,  That  no  part  of  the  appropriations  made  in  this  Act  shall  be  avail- 
able for  the  salary  or  pay  of  any  officer,  manager,  superintendent,  foreman,  or 
oiher  person  having  charge  of  the  work  of  any  employee  of  the  United  States 
while  making  or  causing  to  be  made  with  a  stop  watch,  or  other  time-measuring 
device,  a  time  study  of  any  job  of  any  such  employee  between  the  starting  and 
completion  thereof,  or  of  the  movements  of  any  such  employee  while  engaged 


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upon  such  works ;  nor  shall  any  part  of  the  appropriations  made  in  this  Act  be 
available  to  pay  any  premium  or  bonus  or  cash  reward  to  any  employee  in 
addition  to  his  regular  wages,  except  for  suggestions  resulting  in  improvements 
or  economy  in  the  operation  of  any  Government  plant. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  Joint  Land  Commission  established  under  article  fifteen  of 
the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  proclaimed 
February  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  shall  not  have  jurisdiction 
to  adjudicate  or  settle  any  claim  originating  under  any  lease  or  contract  for 
occupancy  heretofore  or  hereafter  made  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  of 
lands  or  property  owned  by  said  Panama  Railroad  Company  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
and  no  part  of  the  moneys  appropriated  by  this  or  any  other  Act  shall  be  used 
to  pay  such  claims. 

SEC.  3.  That  appropriations  herein  and  hereafter  made  for  printing  and 
binding  shall  not  be  used  for  any  annual  report  or  the  accompanying  docu- 
ments unless  the  copy  therefor  is  furnished  to  the  Public  Printer  in  the  follow- 
ing manner :  Copies  of  the  documents  accompanying  such  annual  reports  on  or 
before  the  fifteenth  day  of  October  of  each  year;  copies  of  the  annual  reports 
on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  November  of  each  year;  complete  revised 
proofs  of  the  accompanying  documents  and  the  annual  reports  on  the  tenth  and 
twentieth  days  of  November  of  each  year,  respectively ;  and  all  of  said  annual 
reports  and  accompanying  documents  shall  be  printed,  made  public,  and  avail- 
able for  distribution  not  later  than  within  the  first  five  days  after  the  assem- 
bling of  each  regular  session  of  Congress.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  the  annual  reports  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  the  Commissioner 
of  Patents,  or  the  Comptroller  of  the  Currency. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  information  required  in  connection  with  estimates  for  gen- 
eral or  lump-sum  appropriations  by  section  ten  of  the  sundry  civil  appropria- 
tion Act,  approved  August  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted hereafter  according  to  uniform  and  concise  methods  which  shall  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  but  with  reference  to  estimates  for 
pay  of  mechanics  and  laborers  there  shall  be  submitted  in  detail  only  the  ratings 
and  trades  and  the  rates  per  diem  paid  or  to  be  paid. 

SEC.  5.  That  hereafter  at  the  termination  of  each  fiscal  year  each  Auditor  of 
the  Treasury  shall  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  all  checks  issued  by 
any  disbursing  officer  of  the  Government  as  shown  by  his  accounts  rendered  to 
such  auditor,  which  shall  then  have  been  outstanding  and  unpaid  for  three 
years  or  more,  stating  fully  in  such  report  the  name  of  the  payee,  for  what 
purpose  each  check  was  given,  the  office  on  which  drawn,  the  number  of  the 
voucher  received  therefor,  the  date,  the  number,  and  the  amount  for  which 
it  was  drawn,  and,  when  known,  the  residence  of  the  payee.  And  such  reports 
shall  be  in  lieu  of  the  returns  required  of  disbursing  officers  by  section  three 
hundred  and  ten  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

SEC.  6.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  Act  for  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  to  the  extent 
they  are  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  repealed. 

Approved,  July  1,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  287,  318,  332.] 


An  Act  For  the  relief  of  Joseph  A.  Buckholdt. 

Be  it  enacted  ~by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  Joseph  A.  Buckholdt,  of  San  Antonio, 
Texas,  the  sum  of  $3,000,  in  full  compensation  for  injuries  received  by  him  by 
reason  of  an  accident  which  occurred  on  January  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  fourteen,  while  in  the  employ  of  the  United  States  Government  on 
thp  Panama  Canal. 

Approved,  August  4,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  145.] 

An  Act  For  the  relief  of  Olaf  Nelson. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  Olaf  Nelson,  out  of  any 


124    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  $1,200,  in  com- 
pensation for  injuries  sustained  on  the  Panama  Canal  while  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties. 

Approved  August  8,  1916.     [39  Stat,  150.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  for  the  purposes  and  objects  herein- 
after expressed,  namely : 

DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE. 


GENERAL  EXPENSES,  WEATHER  BUREAU:  For  carrying  into  effect  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  and  elsewhere  in  the  United  States,  in  the  West  Indies,  in  the 
Panama  Canal,  the  Caribbean  Sea,  and  on  adjacent  coasts,  in  the  Hawaiian 
Islands,  in  Bermuda,  and  in  Alaska,  the  provisions  of  an  Act  approved  October 
first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  weather  service 
transferred  thereby  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture, 

*  *  ***** 

Total  for  Weather  Bureau,  $1,747,260. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  August  11,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  448.] 


An  Act  Extending  certain  privileges  of  canal  employees  to  other  officials  on  the  Canal 
Zone  and  authorizing  the  President  to  make  rules  and  regulations  affecting  health, 
sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation,  public  roads,  self-propelled  vehicles,  and  police  powers 
on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other  purposes,  including  provision  as  to  certain  fees, 
money  orders,  and  interest  deposits. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That,  until  otherwise  provided  by 
Congress,  the  President  is  authorized  to  make  rules  and  regulations  in  mat- 
ters of  sanitation,  health,  and  quarantine  for  the  Canal  Zone  or  to  modify  or 
change  existing  rules  and  regulations  and  those  hereafter  made  from  time  to 
time.  Violations  of  any  quarantine  regulations  provided  for  herein  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  not  to  exceed  $500  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed 
ninety  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  court's  discretion; 
and  a  violation  of  any  sanitary  regulations  hereunder  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  to  exceed  $25  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  thirty  days,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  court's  discretion.  Each  day  such 
violation  may  continue  shall  constitute  a  separate  offense. 

SEC.  2.  That,  until  otherwise  provided  by  Congress,  the  President  is  hereby 
authorized  to  make  and  from  time  to  time  change  rules  and  regulations  for 
levying,  assessing,  and  collecting  ad  valorem,  excise,  license,  and  franchise 
taxes  in  the  Canal  Zone,  or  to  modify  or  change  existing  rules  or  regulations 
for  that  purpose.  Ad  valorem  taxes  imposed  shall  not  exceed  one  per  centum 
of  the  value  of  the  property,  nor  shall  franchise  or  excise  taxes  exceed  two  per 
centum  of  gross  earnings. 

SEC.  3.  That,  until  otherwise  provided  by  Congress,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
President  to  make,  publish,  and  enforce  all  rules  and  regulations  for  the  use 
of.  the  public  roads  and  highways  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  also  for  regulating, 
licensing,  and  taxing  the  use  and  operation  of  all  self-propelled  vehicles  using 
the  public  highways,  including  speed  limit,  signals,  tags,  license  fees,  and  all 
detailed  regulations  which  may  be  from  time  to  time  deemed  necessary  in  the 
exercise  of  the  authority  hereby  conferred.  The  taxes  on  automobiles  may  be 
graded  according  to  the  value  or  the  power  of  the  machine,  and  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  now  exist  may  be  changed  by  such  order  from  time  to  time, 
and  any  that  may  be  hereafter  made  may  be  changed  from  time  to  time.  The 
President  may  make  mutual  agreements  with  the  Republic  of  Panama  touching 
the  reciprocal  use  of  the  highways  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  Republic  of 


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Panama  by  self-propelled  vehicles  touching  taxes  and  license  fees,  and  any 
other  matter  of  regulation  to  establish  comity  for  the  convenience  of  the  resi- 
dents of  the  two  jurisdictions. 

SEC.  4.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  commit  any  breach  of  the  peace  or  en- 
gage in  or  permit  any  -disorderly,  indecent,  or  immoral  conduct  in  the  Canal 
Zone.  The  President  is  authorized  to  enforce  this  provision  by  making  rules 
and  regulations  to  assert  and  exercise  the  police  power  in  the  Canal  Zone,  or 
for  any  portion  or  division  thereof,  and  he  may  amend  or  change  any  such 
regulation  now  existing  or  hereafter  made. 

SEC.  5.  That  any  person  who  commits  any  act  or  who  carries  on  any  business, 
trade,  or  occupation  in  the  Canal  Zone  without  complying  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  established  by  the  President  for  the  levying,  assessing,  and  collecting 
of  taxes,  or  who  violates  any  rules  or  regulations  for  the  use  of  the  public 
roads  and  highways,  or  who  violates  any  rules  and  regulations  touching  the 
licensing,  taxes,  operation,  and  use  of  self-propelled  vehicles,  or  who  violates 
any  of  the  police  regulations  authorized  hereunder,  shall  be  punished  by  fine 
not  to  exceed  $25  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  thirty  days,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  court's  discretion. 

SEC.  6.  That  deposit  money  orders  issued  in  the  Canal  Zone  in  lieu  of  postal 
savings  certificates  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations  heretofore 
established  by  the  President,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  established  by  him,  shall 
bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  two  per  centum  per  annum. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  interest  received  from  the  Canal  Zone  money-order  funds 
deposited  in  banks  under  Canal  Zone  regulations  shall  be  available  to  pay  the 
interest  on  deposit  money  orders  authorized  by  the  preceding  section.  Such 
interest  shall  also  be  available  to  pay  any  losses  which  are  chargeable  to  the 
Canal  Zone  postal  service. 

SEC.  8.  That  whenever  a  customs  officer  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  certify  an 
invoice,  landing  certificate,  or  other  similar  document,  or  shall  register  a 
marine  note  of  protest,  or  snail  perform  any  notarial  services,  he  shall  be 
authorized  to  collect  a  fee  equivalent  to  the  fee  prescribed  by  the  United  States 
consular  regulations  for  the  same  act  or  service  when  performed  by  consular 
officials. 

SEC.  9.  The  laws  relating  to  seamen  of  vessels  of  the  United  States  on  for- 
eign voyages  shall  apply  to  seamen  of  all  vessels  of  the  United  States  at  the 
Panama  Canal  Zone,  whether  such  vessels  be  registered  or  enrolled  and  licensed, 
and  the  powers  in  respect  of  such  seamen  of  such  vessels  bestowed  by  law 
upon  consular  officers  of  the  United  States  in  foreign  ports  and  upon  shipping 
commissioners  in  ports  of  the  United  States  are  hereby  bestowed  upon  the 
shipping  commissioner  and  deputy  shipping  commissioners  on  the  Panama 
Canal  Zone. 

SEC.  10.  The  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  rules  and  regulations, 
and  to  alter  or  amend  the  same  from  time  to  time,  touching  the  right  of  any 
person  to  enter  or  remain  upon  or  pass  over  any  part  of  the  Canal  Zone;  for 
the  detention  of  any  person  entering  the  Canal  Zone  in  violation  of  such  rules 
and  regulations,  and  return  of  such  person  to  the  country  whence  he  or  she 
came,  on  the  vessel  bringing  such  person  to  the  Canal  Zone,  or  any  other  vessel 
belonging  to  the  same  owner  or  interest,  and  at  the  expense  of  such  owner  or 
interest;  and  in  addition  to  the  punishment  prescribed  by  this  section  for 
violation  of  any  such  rules  and  regulations,  the  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone 
may  withhold  the  clearance  of  such  vessel  from  any  port  in  the  Canal  Zone 
until  any  fine  imposed  and  the  cost  of  maintenance  of  such  person  are  paid. 
Any  person  violating  any  of  such  rules  or  regulations  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  in  the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  $500  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  a 
year,  or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  by  any  means  or  in  any  way,  to  injure  or  obstruct  or  attempt  to  injure 
or  obstruct,  any  part  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  the  locks  thereof  or  the  ap- 
proaches thereto.  Any  person  violating  this  provision  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
felony,  and  on  conviction  in  the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  $10,000  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
twenty  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.  If  the  act  shall  cause 
the  death  of  any  person  within  a  year  and  a  day  thereafter,  the  person  so 
convicted  shall  be  guilty  of  murder  and  shall  be  punished  accordingly. 

SEC.  11.  That  all  laws,  orders,  or  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  Act  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  August  21,  1916.     [39  Stat,  528.] 


126    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen. 


PAY   OF   OFFICERS   OF   THE  LINE. 


And  provided  further,  That  the  general  officers  of  the  line  who  were  ap- 
pointed as  such  pursuant  to  the  Act  of  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen  (Thirty-eighth  Statutes  at  Large,  page  eleven  hundred  and  ninety-one), 
shall  take  rank  in  their  present  grades  over  all  officers  hereafter  appointed  to 
like  grades. 

******* 

BAKBACKS  AND  QUARTERS  : 

******* 

Provided  further,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  expend  from 
the  above  amount  not  to  exceed  $110,000  for  the  purpose  of  providing  temporary 
shelter  on  the  Canal  Zone  for  one  regiment  of  Infantry  and  one  company  of 
Engineers. 


MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  DEPARTMENT:  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hos- 
pital supplies,  including  motor  ambulances,  and  motorcycles  for  medical  service, 
their  maintenance,  repair,  and  operation,  and  disinfectants,  and  the  exchange 
of  typewriting  machines,  for  military  posts,  camps,  hospitals,  hospital  ships 
and  transports,  and  supplies  required  for  mosquito  destruction  in  and  about 
the  military  posts  in  the  Canal  Zone: 

******* 

HOSPITAL  CARE,  CANAL  ZONE  GARRISONS  :  For  paying  the  Panama  Canal  such 
reasonable  charges,  exclusive  of  subsistence,  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  caring  in  its  hospitals  for  officers,  enlisted  men,  military 
prisoners,  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Army  admitted  thereto  upon  the  request 
of  proper  military  authority:  Provided,  That  the  subsistence  of  the  said 
patients,  except  commissioned  officers  and  acting  dental  surgeons,  shall  be 
paid  to  said  hospitals  out  of  the  appropriation  for  subsistence  of  the  Army  at 
the  rates  provided  therein  for  commutation  of  rations  for  enlisted  patients  in 
general  hospitals,  $45,000. 

******* 

Approved,  August  29,  1916.     [39  Stat,  623,  636,  639,  640.] 


An   Act  Making  appropriations   for   the   naval   service   for   the   fiscal   year   ending  Jtme 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes : 
*  *  *  *  #  *  * 

Section  six  of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  legisla- 
tive, executive,  and  judicial  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  namely :  "  approved 
May  tenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 

"  SEC.  6.  That  unless  otherwise  specially  authorized  by  law,  no  money  appro- 
priated by  this  or  any  other  Act  shall  be  available  for  payment  to  any  person 
receiving  more  than  one  salary  when  the  combined  amount  of  said  salaries 


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exceeds  the  sum  of  $2.000  per  annum,  but  this  shall  not  apply  to  retired  officers 
or  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps,  or  Coast  Guard,  or  to  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  Organized  Militia  and  Naval  Militia  in  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia:  Provided,  That  no  such  re- 
tired officer,  officer,  or  enlisted  man  shall  be  denied  or  deprived  of  any  of  his 
pay,  salary,  or  compensation  as  such,  or  of  any  other  salary  or  compensation 
for  services  heretofore  rendered,  by  reason  of  any  decision  or  construction  of 
said  section  six." 


BUREAU   OF   CONSTRUCTION    AND   REPAIE. 

******* 

CONSTRUCTION  AND  REPAIR  OF  VESSELS  :     *     *     *     installing  gun  foundations 
on  Panama  Canal  colliers  Ulysses  and  Achilles, 

******* 

BUREAU   OF  -STEAM    ENGINEERING. 


High-power  radio  stations :  For  the  completion  of  high-power  radio  stations 
(cost  not  to  exceed  $1,500,000),  to  be  located  as  follows:  One  in  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Zone,  one  on  the  California  coast,  one  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  one  in 
American  Samoa,  one  on  the  island  of  Guam,  and  one  in  the  Philippine  Islands, 
$300,000,  to  be  available  until  expended. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  August  29,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  582,  607.] 


An  Act  To  provide  compensation  for  employees  of  the  United  States  suffering  injuries 
while  in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  ~by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  United  States  shall  pay  compensa- 
tion as  hereinafter  specified  for  the  disability  or  death  of  an  employee  resulting 
from  a  personal  injury  sustained  while  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  but  no 
compensation  shall  be  paid  if  the  injury  or  death  is  caused  by  the  willful  mis- 
conduct of  the  employee  or  by  the  employee's  intention  to  bring  about  the  injury 
or  death  of  himself  or  of  another,  or  if  intoxication  of  the  injured  employee  is 
the  proximate  cause  of  the  injury  or  death. 

SEC.  2.  That  during  the  first  three  days  of  disability  the  employee  shall  not 
be  entitled  to  compensation  except  as  provided  in  section  nine.  No  compensation 
shall  at  any  time  be  paid  for  such  period. 

SEC.  3.  That  if  the  disability  is  total  the  United  States  shall  pay  to  the  dis- 
abled employee  during  such  disability  a  monthly  compensation  equal  to  sixty- 
six  and  two-thirds  per  centum  of  his  monthly  pay,  except  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

SEC.  4.  That  it  the  disability  is  partial  the  United  States  shall  pay  to  the 
disabled  employee  during  such  disability  a  monthly  compensation  equal  to 
sixty-six  and  two-thirds  per  centum  of  the  difference  between  his  monthly  pay 
and  his  monthly  wage-earning  capacity  after  the  beginning  of  such  partial  dis- 
ability. The  commission  may,  from  time  to  time,  require  a  partially  disabled 
employee  to  make  an  affidavit  as  to  the  wages  which  he  is  then  receiving.  In 
such  affidavit  the  employee  shall  include  a  statement  of  the  value  of  housing, 
board,  lodging,  and  other  advantages  which  are  received  from  the  employer 
as  a  part  of  his  remuneration  and  which  can  be  estimated  in  money.  If  the 
employee,  when  required,  fails  to  make  such  affidavit,  he  shall  not  be  entitled 
to  any  compensation  while  such  failure  continues,  and  the  period  of  such  failure 
shall  be  deducted  from  the  period  during  which  compensation  is  payable  to  him. 

SEC.  5.  That  if  a  partially  disabled  employee  refuses  to  seek  suitable  work  or 
refuses  or  neglects  to  work  after  suitable  work  is  offered  to,  procured  by,  or 
secured  for  him,  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  compensation. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  monthly  compensation  for  total  disability  shall  not  be  more 
that  $66.67  nor  less  than  $33.33,  unless  the  employee's  monthly  pay  is  less  than 
$33.33.  in  which  case  his  monthly  compensation  shall  be  the  full  amount  of  his 
monthly  pay.  The  monthly  compensation  for  partial  disability  shall  not  be 


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more  than  $66.67.  In  the  case  of  persons  who  at  the  time  of  the  injury  were 
minors  or  employed  in  a  learner's  capacity  and  who  were  not  physically  or 
mentally  defective,  the  commission  shall,  on  any  review  after  the  time  when 
the  monthly  wage-earning  capacity  of  such  persons  would  probably,  but  for  the 
injury,  have  increased,  award  compensation  based  on  such  probable  monthly 
wage-earning  capacity.  The  commission  may,  on  any  review  after  the  time 
when  the  monthly  wage-earning  capacity  of  the  disabled  employee  would  prob- 
ably, irrespective  of  the  injury,  have  decreased  on  account  of  old  age,  award 
compensation  based  on  such  probable  monthly  wage-earning  capacity. 

'SEC.  7.  That  as  long  as  the  employee  is  in  receipt  of  compensation  under  this 
Act,  or,  if  he  has  been  paid  a  lump  sum  in  commutation  of  installment  payments, 
until  the  expiration  of  the  period  during  which  such  installment  payments  would 
have  continued,  he  shall  not  receive  from  the  United  States  any  salary,  pay,  or 
remuneration  whatsoever  except  in  return  for  services  actually  performed,'  and 
except  pensions  for  service  in  the  Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  8.  That  if  at  the  time  the  disability  begins  the  employee  has  annual  or 
sick  leave  to  his  credit  he  may,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  head  of  the 
department,  use  such  leave  until  it  is  exhausted,  in  which  case  his  compensation 
shall  begin  on  the  fourth  day  of  disability  after  the  annual  or  sick  leave  has 
ceased. 

SEC.  9.  That  immediately  after  an  injury  sustained  by  an  employee  while  in 
the  performance  of  his  duty,  whether  or  not  disability  has  arisen,  and  for  a 
reasonable  time  thereafter,  the  United  States  shall  furnish  to  such  employee 
reasonable  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services  and  supplies  unless  he  refuses 
to  accept  them.  Such  services  and  supplies  shall  be  furnished  by  United  States 
medical  officers  and  hospitals,  but  where  this  is  not  practicable  shall  be  furnished 
by  private  physicians  and  hospitals  designated  or  approved  by  the  commission 
and  paid  for  from  the  employees'  compensation  fund.  If  necessary  for  the 
securing  of  proper  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  treatment,  the  employee,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  commission,  may  be  furnished  transportation  at  the  expense 
of  the  employees'  compensation  fund. 

SEC.  10.  That  if  death  results  from  the  injury  within  six  years  the  United 
States  shall  pay  to  the  following  persons  for  the  following  periods  a  monthly 
compensation  equal  to  the  following  percentages  of  the  deceased  employee's 
monthly  pay,  subject  to  the  modification  that  no  compensation  shall  be  paid 
where  the  death  takes  place  more  than  one  year  after  the  cessation  of  disability 
resulting  from  such  injury,  or,  if  there  has  been  no  disability  preceding  death, 
more  than  one  year  after  the  injury  : 

(A)  To  the  widow,  if  there  is  no  child,  thirty-five  per  centum.    This  compen- 
sation shall  be  paid  until  her  death  or  marriage. 

(B)  To  the  widower,  if  there  is  no  child,  thirty-five  per  centum  if  wholly 
dependent  for  support  upon  the  deceased  employee  at  the  time  of  her  death. 
This  compensation  shall  be  paid  until  his  death  or  marriage. 

(C)  To  the  widow  or  widower,  if  there  is  a  child,  the  compensation  payable 
under  clause   (A)  or  clause  (B)   and  in  addition  thereto  ten  per  centum  for 
each  child,  not  to  exceed  a  total  of  sixty-six  and  two-thirds  per  centum  for  such 
widow  or  widower  and  children.    If  a  child  has  a  guardian  other  than  the  sur- 
viving widow  or  widower,  the  compensation  payable  on  account  of  such  child 
shall  be  paid  to  such  guardian.    The  compensation  payable  on  account  of  any 
child  shall  cease  when  he  dies,  marries,  or  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen,  or,  if  over 
eighteen,  and  incapable  of  self-support,  becomes  capable  of  self-support. 

(D)  To  the  children,  if  there  is  no  widow  or  widower,  twenty-five  per  centum 
for  one  child  and  ten  per  centum  additional  for  each  additional  child,  not  to 
exceed  a  total  of  sixty-six  and  two-thirds  per  centum,  divided  among  such 
children  share  and  share  alike.     The  compensation  of  each  child  shall  be  paid 
until  he  dies,  marries,  or  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen,  or,  if  over  eighteen  and 
incapable  of  self-support,  becomes  capable  of  self-support.     The  compensation 
of  a  child  under  legal  age  shall  be  paid  to  its  guardian. 

(E)  To  the  parents,  if  one  is  wholly  dependent  for  support  upon  the  deceased 
employee  at  the  time  of  his  death  and  the  other  is  not  dependent  to  any  extent, 
twenty-five  per  centum;  if  both  are  wholly  dependent,  twenty  per  centum  to 
each ;  if  one  is  or  both  are  partly  dependent,  a  proportionate  amount  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  commission. 

The  above  percentages  shall  be  paid  if  there  is  no  widow,  widower,  or  child. 
If  there  is  a  widow,  widower,  or  child,  there  shall  be  paid  so  much  of  the  above 
percentages  as,  when  added  to  the  total  percentages  payable  to  the  widow, 


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widower,  and  children,  will  not  exceed  a  total  of  sixty-six  and  two-thirds  per 
centum. 

(F)  To   the   brothers,   sisters,   grandparents,    and   grandchildren,    if  one   is 
wholly  dependent  upon  the  deceased  employee  for  support  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  twenty  per  centum  to  such  dependent;  if  more  than  one  are  wholly  de- 
pendent, thirty  per  centum,  divided  among  such  dependents  share  and  share 
alike;  if  there  is  no  one  of  them  wholly  dependent,  but  one  or  more  partly 
dependent,  ten  per  centum  divided  among  such  dependents  share  and  share 
alike. 

The  above  percentages  shall  be  paid  if  there. is  no  widow,  widower,  child,  or 
dependent  parent.  If  there  is  a  widow,  widower,  child,  or  dependent  parent, 
there  shall  be  paid  so  much  of  the  above  percentages  as,  when  added  to  the  total 
percentage  payable  to  the  widow,  widower,  children,  and  dependent  parents, 
will  not  exceed  a  total  of  sixty-six  and  two-thirds  per  centum. 

(G)  The  compensation  of  each  beneficiary  under  clauses  (E)  and  (F)  shall 
be  paid  for  a  period  of  eight  years  from  the  time  of  the  death,  unless  before 
that  time  he,  if  a  parent  or  grandparent,  dies,  marries,  or  ceases  to  be  dependent, 
or,   if  a  brother,  sister,  or  grandchild,  dies,  marries,  or  reaches  the  age  of 
eighteen,  or,  if  over  eighteen  and  incapable  of  self-support,  becomes  capable  of 
self-support.     The  compensation  of  a  brother,  sister,  or  grandchild  under  legal 
age  shall  be  paid  to  his  or  her  guardian. 

(H)  As  used  in  this  section,  the  term  "child"  includes  stepchildren,  adopted 
children,  and  posthumous  children,  but  does  not  include  married  children.  The 
terms  "  brother "  and  "  sister "  include  stepbrothers  and  stepsisters,  half 
brothers  and  half  sisters,  and  brothers  and  sisters  by  adoption,  but  do  not  in- 
clude married  brothers  or  married  sisters.  All  of  the  above  terms  and  the  term 
"  grandchild  "  include  only  persons  who  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  the  deceased 
employee  are  under  eighteen  years  of  age  or  over  that  age  and  incapable  of  self- 
support.  The  term  "  parent "  includes  step-parents  and  parents  by  adoption. 
The  term  "  widow  "  includes  only  the  decedent's  wife  living  with  or  dependent 
for  support  upon  him  at  the  time  of  his  death.  The  term  "  widower  "  includes 
only  the  decedent's  husband  dependent  for  support  upon  her  at  the  time  of  her 
death.  The  terms  "  adopted  "  and  "  adoption  "  as  used  in  this  clause  include 
only  legal  adoption  prior  to  the  time  of  the  injury. 

(I)  Upon  the  cessation  of  compensation  under  this  section  to  or  on  account 
of  any  person,  the  compensation  of  the  remaining  persons  entitled  to  compensa- 
tion for  the  unexpired  part  of  the  period  during  which  their  compensation  is 
payable  shall  be  that  which  such  persons  would  have  received  if  they  had  been 
the  only  persons  entitled  to  compensation  at  the  time  of  the  decedent's  death. 

(J)  In  case  there  are  two  or  more  classes  of  persons  entitled  to  compensa- 
tion under  this  section  and  the  apportionment  of  such  compensation,  above  pro- 
vided, would  result  in  injustice,  the  commission  may,  in  its  discretion,  modify 
the  apportionment  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  case. 

(K)  In  computing  compensation  under  this  section,  the  monthly  pay  shall 
be  considered  not  to  be  more  than  $100  nor  less  than  $50,  but  the  total  monthly 
compensation  shall  not  exceed  the  monthly  pay  computed  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion twelve. 

(L)  If  any  person  entitled  to  compensation  under  this  section,  whose  com- 
pensation by  the  terms  of  this  section  ceases  upon  his  marriage,  accepts  any 
payments  of  compensation  after  his  marriage  he  shall  be  punished- by  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  $2.000  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  11.  That  if  death  results  from  the  injury  writhin  six  years  the  United 
States  shall  pay  to  the  personal  representative  of  the  deceased  employee  burial 
expenses  not  to  exceed  $100,  in  the  discretion  of  the  commission.  In  the  case 
of  an  employee  whose  home  is  within  the  United  States,  if  his  death  occurs 
away  from  his  home  office  or  outside  of  the  United  States,  and  if  so  desired 
by  his  relatives,  the  body  shall,  in  the  discretion  of  the  commission,  be  embalmed 
and  transported  in  a  hermetically  sealed  casket  to  the  home  of  the  employee. 
Such  burial  expenses  shall  not  be  paid  and  such  transportation  shall  not  be 
furnished  where  the  death  takes  place  more  than  one  year  after  the  cessation 
of  disability  resulting  from  such  injury,  or,  if  there  has  been  no  disability  pre- 
ceding death,  more  than  one  year  after  the  injury. 

SEC.  12.  That  in  computing  the  monthly  pay  the  usual  practice  of  the  service 
in  which  the  employee  was  employed  shall  be  followed.  Subsistence  and  the 

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130    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

value  of  quarters  furnished  an  employee  shall  be  included  as  part  of  the  pay, 
but  overtime  pay  shall  not  be  taken  into  account. 

SEC.  13.  That  in  the  determination  of  the  employee's  monthly  wage-earning 
capacity  after  the  beginning  of  partial  disability,  the  value  of  housing,  board, 
lodging,  and  other  advantages  which  are  received  from  his  employer  as  a  part 
of  his  remuneration  and  which  can  be  estimated  in  money  shall  be  taken  into 
account. 

SEC.  14.  That  in  cases  of  death  or  of  permanent  total  or  permanent  partial 
disability,  if  the  monthly  payment  to  the  beneficiary  is  less  than  $5  a  month,  or 
if  the  beneficiary  is  or  is  about  to  become  a  nonresident  of  the  United  States, 
or  if  the  commission  determines  that  it  is  for  the  best  interests  of  the  bene- 
ficiary, the  liability  of  the  United  States  for  compensation  to  such  beneficiary 
may  be  discharged  by  the  payment  of  a  lump  sum  equal  to  the  present  value  of 
all  future  payments  of  compensation  computed  at  four  per  centum  true  dis- 
count compounded  annually.  The  probability  of  the  beneficiary's  death  before 
the  expiration  of  the  period  during  which  he  is  entitled  to  compensation  shall 
be  determined  according  to  the  American  Experience  Table  of  Mortality ;  but 
in  case  of  compensation  to  the  widow  or  widower  of  the  deceased  employee, 
such  lump  sum  shall  not  exceed  sixty  months'  compensation.  The  probability  of 
the  happening  of  any  other  contingency  affecting  the  amount  or  duration  of  the 
compensation  shall  be  disregarded. 

SEC.  15.  That  every  employee  injured  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  or 
some  one  on  his  behalf,  shall,  within  forty-eight  hours  after  the  injury,  give 
written  notice  thereof  to  the  immediate  superior  of  the  employee.  Such  notice 
shall  be  given  by  delivering  it  personally  or  by  depositing  it  properly  stamped 
and  addressed  in  the  mail. 

SEC.  16.  That  the  notice  shall  state  the  name  and  address  of  the  employee, 
the  year,  month,  day,  and  hour  when  and  the  particular  locality  where  the 
injury  occurred,  and  the  cause  and  nature  of  the  injury,  and  shall  be  signed  by 
and  contain  the  address  of  the  person  giving  the  notice. 

SEC.  17.  That  unless  notice  is  given  within  the  time  specified  or  unless  tbe 
immediate  superior  has  actual  knowledge  of  the  injury,  no  compensation  shall 
be  allowed,  but  for  any  reasonable  cause  shown,  the  commission  may  allow 
compensation  if  the  notice  is  filed  within  one  year  after  the  injury. 

SEC.  18.  That  no  compensation  under  this  Act  shall  be  allowed  to  any  person, 
except  as  provided  in  section  thirty-eight,  unless  he  or  some  one  on  his  behalf 
shall,  within  the  time  specified  in  section  twenty,  make  a  written  claim  there- 
for. Such  claim  shall  be  made  by  delivering  it  at  the  office  of  the  commission 
or  to  any  commissioner  or  to  any  person  whom  the  commission  may  by  regula- 
tion designate,  or  by  depositing  it  in  the  mail  properly  stamped  and  addressed 
to  the  commission  or  to  any  person  whom  the  commission  may  by  regulation 
designate. 

SEC.  19.  That  every  claim  shall  be  made  on  forms  to  be  furnished  by  the 
commission  and  shall  contain  all  the  information  required  by  the  commission. 
Each  claim  shall  be  sworn  to  by  the  person  entitled  to  compensation  or  by  the 
person  acting  on  his  behalf,  and,  except  in  case  of  death,  shall  be  accompanied 
by  a  certificate  of  the  employee's  physician  stating  the  nature  of  the  injury 
and  the  nature  and  probable  extent  of  the  disability.  For  any  reasonable  cause 
shown  the  commission  may  waive  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

SEC.  20.  That  all  original  claims  for  compensation  for  disability  shall  be  made 
within  sixty  days  after  the  injury.  All  original  claims  for  compensation  for 
.death  shall  be  made  within  one  year  after  the  death.  For  any  reasonable  cause 
shown  the  commission  may  allow  original  claims  for  compensation  for  disability 
to  be  made  at  any  time  within  one  year. 

SEC.  21.  That  after  the  injury  the  employee  shall,  as  frequently  and  at  such 
times  and  places  as  may  be  reasonably  required,  submit  himself  to  examination 
by  a  medical  officer  of  the  United  States  or  by  a  duly  qualified  physician  desig- 
nated or  approved  by  the  commission.  The  employee  may  have  a  duly  qualified 
physician  designated  and  paid  by  him  present  to  participate  in  such  examina- 
tion. For  all  examinations  after  the  first  the  employee  shall,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  commission,  be  paid  his  reasonable  traveling  and  other  expenses  and  loss 
of  wages  incurred  in  order  to  submit  to  such  examination.  If  the  employee 
refuses  to  submit  himself  for  or  in  any  way  obstructs  any  examination,  his  right 
to  claim  compensation  under  this  Act  shall  be  suspended  until  such  refusal  or 
obstruction  ceases.  No  compensation  shall  be  payable  while  such  refusal  or 
obstruction  continues,  and  the  period  of  such  refusal  or  obstruction  shall  be 
deducted  from  the  period  for  which  compensation  is  payable  to  him, 


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SEC.  22.  That  in  case  of  any  disagreement  between  the  physician  making  an 
examination  on  the  part  of  the  United  States  and  the  employee's  physician  the 
commission  shall  appoint  a  third  physician,  duly  qualified,  who  shall  make  an 
examination. 

SEC.  23.  That  fees  for  examinations  made  on  the  part  of  the  United  States 
under  sections  twenty-one  and  twenty-two  by  physicians  who  are  not  already  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States  shall  be  fixed  by  the  commission.  Such  fees, 
mid  any  sum  payable  to  the  employee  under  section  twenty-one,  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  appropriation  for  the  work  of  the  commission. 

SEC.  24.  That  immediately  after  an  injury  to  an  employee  resulting  in  his 
death  or  in  his  probable  disability,  his  immediate  superior  shall  make  a  report 
to  the  commission  containing  such  information  as  the  commission  may  require, 
and  shall  thereafter  make  such  supplementary  reports  as  the  commission  may 
require. 

SEC.  25.  That  any  assignment  of  a  claim  for  compensation  under  this  Act 
shall  be  void  and  all  compensation  and  claims  therefor  shall  be  exempt  from 
all  claims  of  creditors. 

SEC.  26.  If  an  injury  or  death  for  which  compensation  is  payable  under  this 
Act  is  caused  under  circumstances  creating  a  legal  liability  upon  some  person 
other  than  the  United  States  to  pay  damages  therefor,  the  commission  may 
require  the  beneficiary  to  assign  to  the  United  States  any  right  of  action  he 
may  have  to  enforce  such  liability  of  such  other  person  or  any  right  which  he 
may  have  to  share  in  any  money  or  other  property  received  in  satisfaction  of 
such  liability  of  such  other  person,  or  the  commission  may  require  said  bene- 
ficiary to  prosecute  said  action  in  his  own  name. 

If  the  beneficiary  shall  refuse  to  make  such  assignment  or  to  prosecute  said 
action  in  his  own  name  when  required  by  the  commission,  he  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  any  compensation  under  this  Act. 

The  cause  of  action  when  assigned  to  the  United  States  may  be  prosecuted  or 
compromised  by  the  commission,  and  if  the  commission  realizes  upon  such  cause 
of  action,  it  shall  apply  the  money  or  other  property  so  received  in  the  following 
manner:  After  deducting  the  amount  of  any  compensation  already  paid  to  the 
beneficiary  and  the  expenses  of  such  realization  or  collection,  which  sum  shall 
be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  employees'  compensation  fund,  the  surplus,  if  any, 
shall  be  paid  to  the  beneficiary  and  credited  upon  any  future  payments  of  com- 
pensation payable  to  him  on  account  of  the  same  injury. 

SEC.  27.  That  if  an  injury  or  death  for  which  compensation  is  payable  under 
this  Act  is  caused  under  circumstances  creating  a  legal  liability  in  some  person 
other  than-  the  United  States  to  pay  damages  therefor,  and  a  beneficiary  en- 
titled to  compensation  from  the  United  States  for  such  injury  or  death  receives, 
as  a  result  of  a  suit  brought  by  him  or  on  his  behalf,  or  as  a  result  of  a  settle- 
ment made  by  him  or  on  his  behalf,  any  money  or  other  property  in  satisfaction 
of  the  liability  of  such  other  person,  such  beneficiary  shall,  after  deducting  the 
costs  of  suit  and  a  reasonable  attorney's  fee,  apply  the  money  or  other  property 
so  received  in  the  following  manner: 

(A)  If  his  compensation  has  been  paid  in  whole  or  in  part,  he  shall  refund  to 
the  United  States  the  amount  of  compensation  which  has  been  paid  by  the 
United  States  and  credit  any  surplus  upon  future  payments  of  compensation 
payable  to  him  on  account  of  the  same  injury.    Any  amount  so  refunded  to  the 
United  States  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  employees'  compensation  fund. 

(B)  If  no  compensation  has  been  paid  to  him  by  the  United  States,  he  shall 
credit  the  money  or  other  property  so  received  upon  any  compensation  payable 
to  him  by  the  United  States  on  account  of  the  same  injury. 

SEC.  28.  That  a  commission  is  hereby  created,  to  be  known  as  the  United 
States  Employees'  Compensation  Commission,  and  to  be  composed  of  three  com- 
missioners appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  writh  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  Senate,  one  of  whom  shall  be  designated  by  the  President  as  chairman. 
No  commissioner  shall  hold  any  other  office  or  position  under  the  United  States. 
No  more  than  two  of  said  commissioners  shall  be  members  of  the  same  political 
party.  One  of  said  commissioners  shall  be  appointed  for  a  term  of  two  years, 
one  for  a  term  of  four  years,  and  one  for  a  term  of  six  years,  and  at  the  expira- 
tion of  each  of  said  terms,  the  commissioner  then  appointed  shall  be  appointed 
for  a  period  of  six  years.  Each  commissioner  shall  receive  a  salary  of  $4,000 
a  year.  The  principal  office  of  said  commission  shall  be  in  Washington,  District 
of  Columbia,  but  the  said  commission  is  authorized  to  perform  its  work  at  any 
place  deemed  necessary  by  said  commission,  subject  to  the  restrictions  and  limi- 
tations of  this  Act. 


132    TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

SEC.  28a.  Upon  the  organization  of  said  commission  and  notification  to  the 
heads  of  all  executive  departments  that  the  commission  is  ready  to  take  up  the 
work  devolved  upon  it  by  this  Act,  all  commissions  and  independent  bureaus, 
by  or  in  which  payments  for  compensation  are  now  provided,  together  with  the 
adjustment  and  settlement  of  such  claims,  shall  cease  and  determine,  and  such 
executive  departments,  commissions,  and  independent  bureaus  shall  transfer  all 
pending  claims  to  said  commission  to  be  administered  by  it.  The  said  commis- 
sion may  obtain,  in  all  cases,  in  addition  to  the  reports  provided  in  section 
twenty-four,  such  information  and  such  reports  from  employees  of  the  depart- 
ments as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  commission  and  the  heads  of  the  respec- 
tive departments.  All  clerks  and  employees  now  exclusively  engaged  in  carry- 
ing on  said  work  in  the  various  executive  departments,  commissions,  and  inde- 
pendent bureaus,  shall  be  transferred  to,  and  become  employees  of,  the  commis- 
sion at  their  present  grades  and  salaries. 

SEC.  29.  That  the  commission,  or  any  commissioner  by  authority  of  the  com- 
mission, shall  have  power  to  issue  subprenas  for  and  compel  the  attendance  of 
witnesses  within  a  radius  of  one  hundred  miles,  to  require  the  production  of 
books,  papers,  documents,  and  other  evidence,  to  administer  oaths,  and  to  ex- 
amine witnesses,  upon  any  matter  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  commission. 

SEC.  30.  That  'the  commission  shall  have  such  assistants,  clerks,  and  other 
employees  as  may  be  from  time  to  time  provided  by  Congress.  They  shall  be 
appointed  from  lists  of  eligibles  to  be  supplied  by  the  Civil  Service  Commission, 
and  in  accordance  with  the  civil-service  law. 

SEC.  31.  That  the  commission  shall  submit  annually  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  estimates  of  the  appropriations  necessary  for  the  work  of  the  com- 
mission. 

SEC.  32.  That  the  commission  is  authorized  to  make  necessary  rules  and 
regulations  for  the  enforcement  of  this  Act,  and  shall  decide  all  questions 
arising  under  this  Act. 

SEC.  33.  That  the  commission  shall  make  to  Congress  at  the  beginning  of 
each  regular  session  a  report  of  its  work  for  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  in- 
cluding a  detailed  statement  of  appropriations  and  expenditures,  a  detailed 
statement  showing  receipts  of  and  expenditures  from  the  employees'  compen- 
sation fund,  and  its  recommendations  for  legislation. 

SEC.  34.  That  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
seventeen,  there  is  hereby  authorized  to  be  appropriated,  from  any  money  in 
the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  $50,000  for  the  work  of 
the  commission,  including  salaries  of  the  commissioners  and  of  such  assistants, 
clerks,  and  other  employees  as  the  commission  may  deem  necessary,  and  for 
traveling  expenses,  expenses  of  medical  examinations  under  sections  twenty- 
one  and  twenty-two,  reasonable  traveling  and  other  expenses  and  loss  of  wages 
payable  to  employees  under  section  twenty-one,  rent  and  equipment  of  offices, 
purchase  of  books,  stationery,  and  other  supplies,  printing  and  binding  to  be 
done  at  the  Government  Printing  Office,  and  other  necessary  expenses. 

SEC.  35.  That  there  is  hereby  authorized  to  be  appropriated,  from  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  $500,000,  to  be  set 
aside  as  a  separate  fund  in  the  Treasury,  to  be  known  as  the  employees'  com- 
pensation fund.  To  this  fund  there  shall  be  added  such  sums  as  Congress 
may  from  time  to  time  appropriate  for  the  purpose.  Such  fund,  including  all 
additions  that  may  be  made  to  it,  is  hereby  authorized  to  be  permanently 
appropriated  for  the  payment  of  the  compensation  provided  by  this  Act,  in- 
cluding the  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services  and  supplies  provided  In- 
sertion nine,  and  the  transportation  and  burial  expenses  provided  by  sections 
nine  and  eleven.  The  commission  shall  submit  annually  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury  estimates  of  the  appropriations  necessary  for  the  maintenance  of 
the  fund. 

SEC.  36.  The  commission,  upon  consideration  of  the  claim  presented  by  the 
beneficiary,  and  the  report  furnished  by  the  immediate  superior  and  the  com- 
pletion of  such  investigation  as  it  may  deem  necessary,  shall  determine  and 
make  a  finding  of  facts  thereon  and  make  an  award  for  or  against  payment  of 
the  compensation  provided  for  in  this  Act.  Compensation  when  awarded  shall 
be  paid  from  the  employees'  compensation  fund. 

SEC.  37.  That  if  the  original  claim  for  compensation  has  been  made  within 
the  time  specified  in  section  twenty,  the  commission  may,  at  any  time,  on  its 
own  motion  or  on  application,  review  the  award,  and,  in  accordance  with  the 
facts  found  on  such  review,  may  end,  diminish,  or  increase  the  compensation 


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previously  awarded,  or,  if  compensation  has  been  refused  or  discontinued, 
award  compensation. 

SEC.  38.  That  if  any  compensation  is  paid  under  a  mistake  of  law  or  of  fact, 
the  commission  shall  immediately  cancel  any  award  under  which  such  com- 
pensation has  been  paid  and  shall  recover,  as  far  as  practicable,  any  amount 
which  has  been  so  paid.  Any  amount  so  recovered  shall  be  placed  to  the 
credit  of  the  employees'  compensation  fund. 

SEC.  39.  That  whoever  makes,  in  any  affidavit  required  under  section  four 
or  in  any  claim  for  compensation,  any  statement,  knowing  it  to  be  false,  shall 
be  guilty  of  perjury  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $2,000, 
or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 

SEC.  40.  That  wherever  used  in  this  Act — 

The  singular  includes  the  plural  and  the  masculine  includes  the  feminine. 

The  term  "  employee  "  includes  all  civil  employees  of  the  United  States  and 
of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

The  term  "  commission  "  shall  be  taken  to  refer  to  the  United  States  Em- 
ployees' Compensation  Commission  provided  for  in  section  twenty-eight. 

The  term  "  physician  "  includes  surgeons. 

The  term  "  monthly  pay  "  shall  be  taken  to  refer  to  the  monthly  pay  at  the 
time  of  the  injury. 

SEC.  41.  That  all  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  inconsistent  with  this  Act  are  hereby 
repealed:  Provided,  however,  That  for  injuries  occurring  prior  to  the  passage 
of  this  Act  compensation  shall  be  paid  under  the  law  in  force  at  the  time  of  the 
passage  of  this  Act :  And  provided  further,  That  if  an  injury  or  death  for  which 
compensation  is  payable  under  this  Act  is  caused  under  circumstances  creating 
a  legal  liability  in  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  pay  damages  therefor  under 
the  laws  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  possession  of  the  United  States  or  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  or  of  any  foreign  country,  no  compensation  shall  be  payable 
until  the  person  entitled  to  compensation  releases  to  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  any  right  of  action  which  he  may  have  to  enforce  such  liability  of  the 
Panama' Railroad  Company,  or  until  he  assigns  to  the  United  States  any  right 
which  he  may  have  to  share  in  any  money  or  other  property  received  in  satis- 
faction of  such  liability  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

SEC.  42.  That  the  President  may,  from  time  to  time,  transfer  the  administra- 
tion of  this  Act  so  far  as  employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  of  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  are  concerned  to  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  so 
far  as  employees  of  the  Alaskan  Engineering  Commission  are  concerned  to  the 
chairman  of  that  commission,  in  which  cases  the  words  "  commission  "  and  "  its  " 
wherever  they  appear  in  this  Act  shall,  so  far  as  necessary  to  give  effect  to  such 
transfer,  be  read  "  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  "  or  "  chairman  of  the  Alaskan 
Engineering  Commission,"  as  the  case  may  be,  and  "  his  " ;  and  the  expenses  of 
medical  examinations  under  sections  twenty-one  and  twenty-two,  and  the  reason- 
able traveling  and  other  expenses  and  loss  of  wages  payable  to  employees  under 
section  twenty-one,  shall  be  paid  out  of  appropriations  for  the  Panama  Canal 
or  for  the  Alaskan  Engineering  Commission  or  out  of  funds  of  the  Panama  Rail- 
road, as  the  case  may  be,  instead  of  out  of  the  appropriation  for  the  work  of  the 
commission. 

In  the  case  of  compensation  to  employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  of  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  for  temporary  disability,  either  total  or  partial,  the 
President  may  authorize  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  to  waive,  at  his  discre- 
tion, the  making  of  the  claim  required  by  section  eighteen.  In  the  case  of  alien 
employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  or  of  any 
class  or  classes  of  them,  the  President  may  remove  or  modify  the  minimum 
limit  established  by  section  six  on  the  monthly  compensation  for  disability  and 
the  minimum  limit  established  by  clause  (K)  of  section  ten  on  the  monthly  pay 
on  which  death  compensation  is  to  be  computed.  The  President  may  authorize 
the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  chairman  of  the  Alaskan  Engineering 
Commission  to  pay  the  compensation  provided  by  this  Act,  including  the  medi- 
cal, surgical,  and  hospital  services  and  supplies  provided  by  section  nine  and 
the  transportation  and  burial  expenses  provided  by  sections  nine  and  eleven, 
out  of  the  appropriations  for  the  Panama  Canal  and  for  the  Alaskan  Engineer- 
ing Commission,  such  appropriations  to  be  reimbursed  for  such  payments  by  the 
transfer  of  funds  from  the  employees'  compensation  fund. 

Approved,  September  7,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  742.] 


134    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An  Act  To  establish  a  United  States  Shipping  Board  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging,  de- 
veloping, and  creating  a  naval  auxiliary  and  naval  reserve  and  a  merchant  marine  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  commerce  of  the  United  States  with  its  Territories  and 
possessions  and  with  foreign  countries  ;  to  regulate  carriers  by  water  engaged  in  the 
foreign  and  interstate  commerce  of  the  United  States  ;  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  when  used  in  this  Act : 

The  term  "  common  carrier  by  water  in  foreign  commerce  "  means  a  common 
carrier,  except  ferryboats  running  on  regular  routes,  engaged  in  the  transporta- 
tion by  water  of  passengers  or  property  between  the  United  States  or  any  of 
its  Districts,  Territories,  or  possessions  and  a  foreign  country,  whether  in  the 
import  or  export  trade :  Provided,  That  a  cargo  boat  commonly  called  an  ocean 
tramp  shall  not  be  deemed  such  "  common  carrier  by  water  in  foreign  com- 
merce." 

The  term  "  common  carrier  by  water  in  interstate  commerce  "  means  a  com- 
mon carrier  engaged  in  the  transportation  by  water  of  passengers  or  property  on 
the  high  seas  or  the  Great  Lakes  on  regular  routes  from  port  to  port  between 
one  State,  Territory,  District,  or  possession  of  the  United  States  and  any  other 
State,  Territory,  District,  or  possession  of  the  United  States,  or  between  places 
in  the  same  Territory,  District,  or  possession. 

The  term  "  common  carrier  by  water  "  means  a  common  carrier  by  water  in 
foreign  commerce  or  a  common  carrier  by  water  in  interstate  commerce  on 
the  high  seas  or  the  Great  Lakes  on  regular  routes  from  port  to  port. 

The  term  "  other  person  subject  to  this  Act  "  means  any  person  not  'included 
in  the  term  "  common  carrier  by  water,"  carrying  on  the  business  of  forward- 
ing or  furnishing  wharfage,  dock,  warehouse,  or  other  terminal  facilities  in 
connection  with  a  common  carrier  by  water. 

The  term  "  person "  includes  corporations,  partnerships,  and  associations, 
existing  under  or  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  any  State, 
Territory,  District,  or  possession  thereof,  or  of  any  foreign  country. 

SEC.  2.  That  within  the  meaning  of  this  Act  no  corporation,  partnership,  or 
association  shall  be  deemed  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  unless  the  controlling 
interest  therein  is  owned  by  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and,  in  the  case  of  a 
corporation,  unless  its  president  and  managing  directors  are  citizens  of  the 
United  States  and  the  corporation  itself  is  organized  under  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  or  of  a  State,  Territory,  District,  or  possession  thereof. 

The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  apply  to  receivers  and  trustees  of  all  persons 
to  whom  the  Act  applies,  and  to  the  successors  or  assignees  of  such  persons. 

SEC.  3.  That  a  board  is  hereby  created,  to  be  known  as  the  United  States 
Shipping  Board,  and  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  board.  The  board  shall 
be  composed  of  five  commissioners,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate ;  said  board  shall  annually  elect  one 
of  its  members  as  chairman  and  one  as  vice  chairman. 

The  first  commissioners  appointed  shall  continue  in  office  for  terms  of  two, 
three,  four,  five,  and  six  years,  respectively,  from  the  date  of  their  appointment, 
the  term  of  each  to  be  designated  by  the  President,  but  their  successors  shall 
be  appointed  for  terms  of  six  years,  except  that  any  person  chosen  to  fill  a 
vacancy  shall  be  appointed  only  for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  commissioner 
whom  he  succeeds. 

The  commissioners  shall  be  appointed  with  due  regard  to  their  fitness  for  the 
efficient  discharge  of  the  duties  imposed  on  them  by  this  Act,  and  to  a  fair 
representation  of  the  geographical  divisions  of  the  country.  Not  more  than 
three  of  the  commissioners  shall  be  appointed  from  the  same  political  party. 
No  commissioner  shall  be  in  the  employ  of  or  hold  any  official  relation  to  any 
common  carrier  by  water  or  other  person  subject  to  this  Act,  or  own  any  stocks 
or  bonds  thereof,  or  be  pecuniarily  interested  therein.  No  commissioner  shall 
actively  engage  in  any  other  business,  vocation,  or  employment.  Any  com- 
missioner may  be  removed  by  the  President  for  inefficiency,  neglect  of  duty, 
or  malfeasance  in  office.  A  vacancy  in  the  board  shall  not  impair  the  right  of 
the  remaining  members  of  the  board  to  exercise  all  its  powers.  The  board 
shall  have  an  official  seal,  which  shall  be  judicially  noticed. 

The  board  may  adopt  rules  and  regulations  in  regard  to  its  procedure  and  the 
conduct  of  its  business. 

SEC.  4.  That  each  member  of  the  board  shall  receive  a  salary  of  $7,500  per 
annum.  The  board  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  at  a  salary  of  $5,000  per  annum, 
and  employ  and  fix  the  compensation  of  such  attorneys,  officers,  naval  archi- 
tects, special  experts,  examiners,  clerks,  and  other  employees  as  it  may  find 


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necessary  for  the  proper  performance  of  its  duties  and  as  may  be  appropriated 
for  by  the  Congress.  The  President,  upon  the  request  of  the  board,  may 
authorize  the  detail  of  officers  of  the  military,  naval,  or  other  services  of  the 
United  States  for  such  duties  as  the  board  may  deem  necessary  in  connection 
with  its  business. 

With  the  exception  of  the  secretary,  a  clerk  to  each  commissioner,  the  attor- 
neys, naval  architects,  and  such  special  experts  and  examiners  as  the  board 
may  from  time  to  time  find  necessary  to  employ  for  the  conduct  of  its  work, 
all  employees  of  the  board  shall  be  appointed  from  lists  of  eligibles  to  be  sup- 
plied by  the  Civil  Service  Commission  and  in  accordance  with  the  civil-service 
law. 

The  expenses  of  the  board,  including  necessary  expenses  for  transportation, 
incurred  by  the  members  of  the  board  or  by  its  employees  under  its  orders,  in 
making  any  investigation,  or  upon  official  business  in  any  other  place  than  in 
the  city  of  Washington,  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  on  the  presentation  of  itemized 
vouchers  therefor  approved  by  the  chairman  of  the  board. 

Until  otherwise  provided  by  law  the  board  may  rent  suitable  offices  for  its  use. 

The  Auditor  for  the  State  and  Other  Departments  shall  receive  and  examine 
all  accounts  of  expenditures  of  the  board. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  board,  with  the  approval  of  the  President,  is  authorized  to 
have  constructed  and  equipped  in  American  shipyards  and  navy  yards  or  else- 
where, giving  preference,  other  things  being  equal,  to  domestic  yards,  or  to 
purchase,  lease,  or  charter,  vessels  suitable,  as  far  as  the  commercial  require- 
ments of  the  marine  trade  of  the  United  States  may  permit,  for  use  as  naval 
auxiliaries  or  Army  transports,  or  for  other  naval  or  military  purposes,  and 
to  make  necessary  repairs  on  and  alterations  of  such  vessels :  Provided,  That 
neither  the  board  nor  any  corporation  formed  under  section  eleven  in  which 
the  United  States  is  then  a  stockholder  shall  purchase,  lease,  or  charter  any 
vessel — 

(a)  Which  is  then  engaged   in  the  foreign  or  domestic  commerce  of  the 
United  States,  unless  it  is  about  to  be  withdrawn  from  such  commerce  with- 
out any  intention  on  the  part  of  the  owner  to  return  it  thereto  within  a  reason- 
able time; 

(b)  Which  is  under  the  registry  or  flag  or  a  foreign  country  which  is  then 
engaged  in  war; 

(c)  Which  is  not  adapted,  or  can  not  by  reasonable  alterations  and  repairs 
be  adapted,  to  the  purposes  specified  in  this  section ; 

(d)  Which,  upon  expert  examination  made  under  the  direction  of  the  board, 
a  written  report  of  such  examination  being  filed  as  a  public  record,  is  not 
without  alteration  or  repair  found  to  be  at  least  seventy-five  per  centum  as 
efficient  as  at  the  time  it  was  originally  put  in  commission  as  a  seaworthy 
vessel. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  President  may  transfer  either  permanently  or  for  limited 
periods  to  the  board  such  vessels  belonging  to  the  War  or  Navy  Department 
as  are  suitable  for  commercial  uses  and  not  required  for  military  or  naval 
use  in  time  of  peace,  and  cause  to  be  transferred  to  the  board  vessels  owned 
by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  and  not  required  in  its  business. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  board,  upon  terms  and  conditions  prescribed  by  it  and 
approved  by  the  President,  may  charter,  lease,  or  sell  to  any  person,  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States,  any  vessel  so  purchased,  constructed,  or  transferred.  . 

SEC.  8.  That  when  any  vessel  purchased  or  constructed  by  or  transferred  to 
the  board  as  herein  provided,  and  owned  by  the  United  States,  becomes,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  board,  unfit  for  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  it  shall  be  ap- 
praised and  sold  at  public  or  private  competitive  sale  after  due  advertisement 
free  from  the  conditions  and  restrictions  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  9.  That  any  vessel  purchased,  chartered,  or  leased  from  the  board  may 
be  registered  or  enrolled  and  licensed,  or  both  registered  and  enrolled  and 
licensed,  as  a  vessel  of  the  United  States  and  entitled  to  the  benefits  and 
privileges  appertaining  thereto:  Provided,  That  foreign-built  vessels  admitted 
to  American  registry  or  enrollment  and  license  under  this  Act,  and  vessels 
owned,  chartered,  or  leased  by  any  corporation  in  which  the  United  States  is 
a  stockholder,  and  vessels  sold,  leased,  or  chartered  to  any  person  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States,  as  provided  in  this  Act,  may  engage  in  the  coastwise  trade 
of  the  United  States. 

Every  vessel  purchased,  chartered,  or  leased  from  the  board  shall,  unless 
otherwise  authorized  by  the  board,  be  operated  only  under  such  registry  or 
enrollment  and  license.  Such  vessels  while  employed  solely  as  merchant 


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vessels  shall  be  subject  to  all  laws,  regulations,  and  liabilities  governing  mer- 
chant vessels,  whether  the  United  States  be  interested  therein  as  owner,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  or  hold  any  mortgage,  lien,  or  other  interest  therein.  No 
such  vessel,  without  the  approval  of  the  board,  shall  be  transferred  to  a  foreign 
registry  or  flag,  or  sold ;  nor,  except  under  regulations  prescribed  by  the 
board,  be  chartered  or  leased. 

When  the  United  States  is  at  war,  or  during  any  national  emergency  the 
existence  of  which  is  declared  by  proclamation  of  the  President,  no  vessel 
registered  or  enrolled  and  licensed  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  shall, 
without  the  approval  of  the  board,  be  sold,  leased,  or  chartered  to  any  person 
not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  transferred  to  a  foreign  registry  or  flag. 
No  vessel  registered  or  enrolled  and  licensed  under  the  laws  of  the  United 
States,  or  owned  by  any  person  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  except  one 
which  the  board  is  prohibited  from  purchasing,  shall  be  sold  to  any  person  not 
a  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  transferred  to  a  foreign  registry  or  flag,  unless 
such  vessel  is  first  tendered  to  the  board  at  the  price  in  good  faith  offered  by 
others,  or,  if  no  such  offer,  at  a  fair  price  to  be  determined  in  the  manner 
provided  in  section  ten. 

Any  vessel  sold,  chartered,  leased,  transferred,  or  operated  in  violation  of 
this  section  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  United  States,  and  whoever  violates  any 
provision  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  subject  to  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  $5,000  or  to  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  five  years,  or 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  10.  That  the  President,  upon  giving  to  the  person  interested  such  reason- 
able notice  in  writing  as  in  his  judgment  the  circumstances  permit,  may  take 
possession,  absolutely  or  temporarily,  for  any  naval  or  military  purpose,  of 
nny  vessel  purchased,  leased,  or  chartered  from  the  board:  Provided,  That  if, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  President,  an  emergency  exists  requiring  such  action  he 
may  take  possession  of  any  such  vessel  without  notice. 

^Thereafter,  upon  ascertainment  by  agreement  or  otherwise,  the  United 
States  shall  pay  the  person  interested  the  fair  actual  value  based  upon  normal 
conditions  at  the  time  of  taking  of  the  interest  of  such  person  in  every  vessel 
taken  absolutely,  or  if  taken  for  a  limited  period,  the  fair  charter  value  under 
normal  conditions  for  such  period.  In  case  of  disagreement  as  to  such  fail- 
value  it  shall  be  determined  by  appraisers,  one  to  be  appointed  by  the  board, 
one  by  the  person  interested,  and  a  third  by  the  two  so  appointed.  The  finding 
of  such  appraisers  shall  be  final  and  binding  upon  both  parties. 

SEC.  11.  That  the  board,  if  in  its  judgment  such  action  is  necessary  to  carry 
out  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  may  form  under  the  laws  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia one  or  more  corporations  for  the  purchase,  construction,  equipment,  lease, 
charter,  maintenance,  and  operation  of  merchant  vessels  in  the  commerce  of 
the  United  States.  The  total  capital  stock  thereof  shall  not  exceed  $50,000,000. 
The  board  may,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  subscribe  to,  purchase, 
and  vote  not  less  than  a  majority  of  the  capital  stock  of  any  such  corporation, 
and  do  all  other  things  in  regard  thereto  necessary  to  protect  the  interests  of 
the  United  States  and  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  Act.  The  board,  with 
the  approval  of  the  President,  may  sell  any  or  all  of  the  stock  of  the  United 
States  in  such  corporation,  but  at  no  time  shall  it  be  a  minority  stockholder 
therein:  Provided,  That  no  corporation  in  which  the  United  States  is  a  stock- 
holder, formed  under  the  authority  of  this  section,  shall  engage  in  the  operation 
of  any  vessel  constructed,  purchased,  leased,  chartered,  or  transferred  under 
the  authority  of  this  Act  unless  the  board  shall  be  unable,  after  a  bona  fide 
effort,  to  contract  with  any  person  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  for  the  pur- 
chase, lease,  or  charter  of  such  vessel  under  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  board. 

The  board  shall  give  public  notice  of  the  fact  that  vessels  are  offered  and  the 
terms  and  conditions  upon  which  a  contract  will  be  made,  and  shall  invite 
competitive  offerings.  -In  the  event  the  board  shall,  after  full  compliance  with 
the  terms  of  this  proviso,  determine  that  it  is  unable  to  enter  into  a  contract 
with  such  private  parties  for  the  purchase,  lease,  or  charter  of  such  vessel,  it 
shall  make  a  full  report  to  the  President,  who  shall  examine  such  report,  and 
if  he  shall  approve  the  same  he  shall  make  an  order  declaring  that  the  condi- 
tions have  been  found  to  exist  which  justify  the  operation  of  such  vessel  by  a 
corporation  formed  under  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

At  the  expiration  of  five  years  from  the  conclusion  of  the  present  European 
war  the  operation  of  vessels  on  the  part  of  any  such  corporation  in  which  the 
United  States  is  then  a  stockholder  shall  cease  and  the  said  corporation  stand 


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dissolved.  The  date  of  the  conclusion  of  the  war  shall  be  declared  by  proclama- 
tion of  the  President.  The  vessels  and  other  property  of  any  such  corporation 
shall  revert  to  the  board.  The  board  may  sell,  lease,  or  charter  such  vessels  as 
provided  in  section  seven  and  shall  dispose  of  the  property  other  than  vessels 
on  the  best  available  terms  and,  after  payment  of  all  debts  and  obligations, 
deposit  the  proceeds  thereof  in  the  Treasury  to  its  credit.  All  stock  in  such 
corporations  owned  by  others  than  the  United  States  at  the  time  of  dissolution 
shall  be  taken  over  by  the  board  at  a  fair  and  reasonable  value  and  paid  for 
with  funds  to  the  credit  of  the  board.  In  case  of  disagreement,  such  value 
shall  be  determined  in  the  manner  provided  in  section  ten. 

SEC.  12.  That  the  board  shall  investigate  the  relative  cost  of  building  merchant 
vessels  in  the  United  States  and  in  foreign  maritime  countries,  and  the  relative 
cost,  advantages,  and  disadvantages  of  operating  in  the  foreign  trade  vessels 
under  United  States  registry  and  under  foreign  registry.  It  shall  examine  the 
rules  under  which  vessels  are  constructed  abroad  and  in  the  United  States,  and 
the  methods  of  classifying  and  rating  same,  and  it  shall  examine  into  the  sub- 
ject of  marine  insurance,  the  number  of  companies  in  the  United  States,  domes- 
tic and  foreign,  engaging  in  marine  insurance,  the  extent  of  the  insurance 
on  hulls  and  cargoes  placed  or  written  in  the  United  States,  and  the  extent  of 
reinsurance  of  American  maritime  risks  in  foreign  companies,  and  ascertain 
what  steps  may  be  necessary  to  develop  an  ample  marine  insurance  system  as 
an  aid  in  the  development  of  an  American  merchant  marine.  It  shall  examine 
the  navigation  laws  of  the  United  States  and  the  rules  and  regulations  there- 
under, and  make  such  recommendations  to  the  Congress  as  it  deems  proper  for 
the  amendment,  improvement,  and  revision  of  such  laws,  and  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  American  merchant  marine.  It  shall  investigate  the  legal  status 
of  mortgage  loans  on  vessel  property,  with  a  view  to  means  of  improving  the 
security  of  such  loans  and  of  encouraging  investment  in  American  shipping. 

It  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  December  in  each  year,  make  a  report 
to  the  Congress,  which  shall  include  its  recommendations  and  the  results  of 
its  investigations,  a  summary  of  its  transactions,  and  a  statement  of  all  expendi- 
tures and  receipts  under  this  Act,  and  of  the  operations  of  any  corporation  in 
which  the  United  States  is  a  stockholder,  and  the  names  and  compensation  of 
all  persons  employed  by  the  board. 

SEC.  13.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  sections  five 
and  eleven  no  liability  shall  be  incurred  exceeding  a  total  of  $50,000,000  and  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  upon  the  request  of  the  board,  approved  by  the 
President,  shall  from  time  to  time  issue  and  sell  or  use  any  of  the  bonds  of 
the  United  States  now  available  in  the  Treasury  under  the  Acts  of  August  fifth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  February  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  and 
March  second,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  relating  to  the  issue  of  bonds  for 
the.  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  a  total  amount  not  to  exceed 
$50,000,000 :  Provided,  That  any  bonds  issued  and  sold  or  used  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  section  may  be  made  payable  at  such  time  within  fifty  years  after 
issue  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  fix,  instead  of  fifty  years  after  the 
date  of  issue,  as  prescribed  in  the  Act  of  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine. 

The  proceeds  of  such  bonds  and  the  net  proceeds 'of  all  sales,  charters,  and 
leases  of  vessels  and  of  sales  of  stock  made  by  the  board,  and  all  other  moneys 
received  by  it  from  any  source,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  to  the  credit 
of  the  board,  and  are  hereby  permanently  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing out  the  provisions  of  sections  five  and  eleven. 

SEC.  14.  That  no  common  carrier  by  water  shall  directly  or  indirectly — 

First.  Pay,  or  allow,  or  enter  into  any  combination,  agreement,  or  understand- 
ing, express  or  implied,  to  pay  or  allow,  a  deferred  rebate  to  any  shipper.  The 
term  "  deferred  rebate  "  in  this  Act  means  a  return  of  any  portion  of  the  freight 
money  by  a  carrier  to  any  shipper  as  a  consideration  for  the  giving  of  all  or  any 
portion  of  his  shipments  to  the  same  or  any  other  carrier,  or  for  any  other  pur- 
pose, the  payment  of  which  is  deferred  beyond  the  completion  of  the  service  for 
which  it  is  paid,  and  is  made  only  if,  during  both  the  period  for  which  computed 
and  the  period  of  deferment,  the  shipper  has  complied  with  the  terms  of  the 
rebate  agreement  or  arrangement. 

Second.  Use  a  fighting  ship  either  separately  or  in  conjunction  with  any  other 
carrier,  through  agreement  or  otherwise.  The  term  "  fighting  ship  "  in  this  Act 
means  a  vessel  used  in  a  particular  trade  by  a  carrier  or  group  of  carriers  for 
the  purpose  of  excluding,  preventing,  or  reducing  competition  by  driving  another 
carrier  out  of  said  trade. 


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Third.  Retaliate  against  any  shipper  by  refusing,  or  threatening  to  refuse, 
space  accommodations  when  such  are  available,  or  resort  to  other  discriminating 
or  unfair  methods,  because  such  shipper  has  patronized  any  other  carrier  or  has 
filed  a  complaint  charging  unfair  treatment,  or  for  any  other  reason. 

Fourth.  Make  any  unfair  or  unjustly  discriminatory  contract  with  any  ship- 
per based  on  the  volume  of  freight  offered,  or  unfairly  creat  or  unjustly  dis- 
criminate against  any  shipper  in  the  matter  of  (a)  cargo  space  accommodations 
or  other  facilities,  due  regard  being  had  for  the  proper  loading  of  the  vessel  and 
the  available  tonnage;  (b)  the  loading  and  landing  of  freight  in  proper  condi- 
tion; or  (c)  the  adjustment  and  settlement  of  claims. 

Any  carrier  who  violates  any  provision  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor  punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $25,000  for  each  offense. 

SEC.  15.  That  every  common  carrier  by  water,  or  other  person  subject  to  this 
Act,  shall  file  immediately  with  the  board  a  true  copy,  or,  if  oral,  a  true  and 
complete  memorandum,  of  every  agreement  with  another  such  carrier  or  other 
person  subject  to  this  Act,  or  modification  or  cancellation  thereof,  to  which  it 
may  be  a  party  or  conform  in  whole  or  in  part,  fixing  or  regulating  transporta- 
tion rates  or  fares ;  giving  or  receiving  special  rates,  accommodations,  or  other 
special  privileges  or  advantages;  controlling,  regulating,  preventing,  or  destroy- 
ing competition;  pooling  or  apportioning  earnings,  losses,  or  traffic;  allotting 
ports  or  restricting  or  otherwise  regulating  the  number  and  character  of  sail- 
ings between  ports ;  limiting  or  regulating  in  any  way  the  volume  or  character 
of  freight  or  passenger  traffic  to  be  carried ;  or  in  any  manner  providing  for 
an  exclusive,  preferential,  or  cooperative  working  arrangement.  The  term 
"  agreement "  in  this  section  includes  understandings,  conferences,  and  other 
arrangements. 

The  board  may  by  order  disapprove,  cancel,  or  modify  any  agreement,  or  any 
modification  or  cancellation  thereof,  whether  or  not  previously  approved  by  it, 
that  it  finds  to  be  unjustly  discriminatory  or  unfair  as  between  carriers,  ship- 
pers, exporters,  importers,  or  ports,  or  between  exporters  from  the  United  States 
and  their  foreign  competitors,  or  to  operate  to  the  detriment  of  the  commerce  of 
the  United  States,  or  to  be  in  violation  of  this  Act,  and  shall  approve  all  other 
agreements,  modifications,  or  cancellations. 

Agreements  existing  at  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  board  shall  be 
lawful  until  disapproved  by  the  board.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  carry  out  any 
agreement  or  any  portion  thereof  disapproved  by  the  board. 

All  agreements,  modifications,  or  cancellations  made  after  the  organization 
of  the  board  shall  be  lawful  only  when  and  as  long  as  approved  by  the  board, 
and  before  approval  or  after  disapproval  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  carry  out  in 
whole  or  in  part,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  such  agreement,  modification,  or 
cancellation. 

Every  agreement,  modification,  or  cancellation  lawful  under  this  section  shall 
be  excepted  from  the  provisions  of  the  Act  approved  July  second,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  entitled  "An  Act  to  protect  trade  and  commerce  against  un- 
lawful restraints  and  monopolies,"  and  amendments  and  Acts  supplementary 
thereto,  and  the  provisions  of  sections  seventy-three  to  seventy-seven,  both 
inclusive,  of  the  Act  approved  August  twenty-seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety-four,  entitled  "An  Act  to  reduce  taxation,  to  provide  revenue  for  the 
Government,  and  for  other  purposes,"  and  amendments  and  Acts  supplementary 
thereto. 

Whoever  violates  any  provision  of  this  section  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
of  $1,000  for  each  day  such  violation  continues,  to  be  recovered  by  the  United 
States  in  a  civil  action. 

SEC.  16.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  common  carrier  by  water,  or  other 
person  subject  to  this  Act,  either  alone  or  in  conjunction  with  any  other  person, 
directly  or  indirectly — 

First.  To  make  or  give  any  undue  or  unreasonable  preference  or  advantage 
to  any  particular  person,  locality,  or  description  of  traffic  in  any  respect  what- 
soever, or  to  subject  any  particular  person,  locality,  or  description  of  traffic  to 
any  undue  or  unreasonable  prejudice  or  disadvantage  in  any  respect  what- 
soever. 

Second.  To  allow  any  person  to  obtain  transportation  for  property  at  less 
than  the  regular  rates  then  established  and  enforced  on  the  line  of  such  carrier, 
by  means  of  false  billing,  false  classification,  false  weighing,  false  report  of 
weight,  or  by  any  other  unjust  or  unfair  device  or  means. 

Third.  To  induce,  persuade,  or  otherwise  influence  any  marine  insurance 
company  or  underwriter,  or  agent  thereof,  not  to  give  a  competing  carrier  by 


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water  as  favorable  a  rate  of  insurance  on  vessel  or  cargo,  having  due  regard 
to  the  class  of  vessel  or  cargo,  as  is  granted  to  such  carrier  or  other  person 
subject  to  this  Act. 

SEC.  17.  That  no  common  carrier  by  water  in  foreign  commerce  shall  demand, 
charge,  or  collect  any  fate,  fare,  or  charge  which  is  unjustly  discriminatory 
between  shippers  or  ports,  or  unjustly  prejudicial  to  exporters  of  the  United 
States  as  compared  with  their  foreign  competitors.  Whenever  the  board  finds 
that  any  such  rate,  fare,  or  charge  is  demanded,  charged,  or  collected  it  may 
alter  the  same  to  the  extent  necessary  to  correct  such  unjust  discrimination 
or  prejudice  and  make  an  order  that  the  carrier  shall  discontinue  demanding, 
charging,  or  collecting  any  such  unjustly  discriminatory  or  prejudicial  rate, 
fare,  or  charge. 

Every  such  carrier  and  every  other  person  subject  to  this  Act  shall  establish, 
observe,  and  enforce  just  and  reasonable  regulations  and  practices  relating 
to  or  connected  with  the  receiving,  handling,  storing,  or  delivering  of  property. 
Whenever  the  board  finds  that  any  such  regulation  or  practice  is  unjust  or 
unreasonable  it  may  determine,  prescribe,  and  order  enforced  a  just  and  reason- 
able regulation  or  practice. 

SEC.  18.  That  every  common  carrier  by  water  in  interstate  commerce  shall 
establish,  observe,  and  enforce  just  and  reasonable  rates,  fares,  charges,  classifi- 
cations, and  tariffs,  and  just  and  reasonable  regulations  and  practices  relating 
thereto  and  to  the  issuance,  form,  and  substance  of  tickets,  receipts,  and  bills 
of  lading,  the  manner  and  method  of  presenting,  marking,  packing,  and  deliver- 
ing property  for  transportation,  the  carrying  of  personal,  sample,  and  excess 
baggage,  the  facilities  for  transportation,  and  all  other  matters  relating  to  or 
connected  with  the  receiving,  handling,  transporting,  storing,  or  delivering  of 
property. 

Every  such  carrier  shall  file  with  the  board  and  keep  open  to  public  inspection, 
in  the  form  and  manner  and  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  board,  the  maxi- 
mum rates,  fares,  and  charges  for  or  in  connection  with  transportation  between 
points  on  its  own  route ;  and  if  a  through  route  has  been  established,  the  maxi- 
mum rates,  fares,  and  charges  for  or  in  connection  with  transportation  between 
points  on  its  own  route  and  points  on  the  route  of  any  other  carrier  by  water. 

No  such  carrier  shall  demand,  charge,  or  collect  a  greater  compensation  for 
such  transportation  than  the  rates,  fares,  and  charges  filed  in  compliance  with 
this  section,  except  with  the  approval  of  the  board  and  after  ten  days'  public 
notice  in  the  form  and  manner  prescribed  by  the  board,  stating  the  increase 
proposed  to  be  made;  but  the  board  for  good  cause  shown  may  waive  such 
notice. 

Whenever  the  board  finds  that  any  rate,  fare,  charge,  classification,  tariff, 
regulation,  or  practice,  demanded,  charged,  collected,  or  observed  by  such  carrier 
is  unjust  or  unreasonable,  it  may  determine,  prescribe,  and  order  enforced  a 
just  and  reasonable  maximum  rate,  fare,  or  charge,  or  a  just  and  reasonable 
classification,  tariff,  regulation,  or  practice. 

SEC.  19.  That  whenever  a  common  carrier  by  water  in  interstate  commerce 
reduces  its  rates  on  the  carriage  of  any  species  of  freight  to  or  from  competitive 
points  below  a  fair  and  remunerative  basis  with  the  intent  of  driving  out  or 
otherwise  injuring  a  competitive  carrier  by  water,  it  shall  not"  increase  such 
rates  unless  after  hearing  the  board  finds  that  such  proposed  increase  rests 
upon  changed  conditions  other  than  the  elimination  of  said  competition. 

SEC.  20.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  common  carrier  by  water  or 
other  person  subject  to  this  Act,  or  any  officer,  receiver,  trustee,  lessee,  agent, 
or  employee  of  such  carrier  or  person,  or  for  any  other  person  authorized  by 
such  carrier  or  person  to  receive  information,  knowingly  to  disclose  to  or  permit 
to  be  acquired  by  any  person  other  than  the  shipper  or  consignee,  without  the 
consent  of  such  shipper  or  consignee,  any  information  concerning  the  nature, 
kind,  quantity,  destination,  consignee,  or  routing  of  any  property  tendered  or 
delivered  to  such  common  carrier  or  other  person  subject  to  this  Act  for 
transportation  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  which  information  may  be 
used  to  the  detriment  or  prejudice  of  such  shipper  or  consignee,  or  which 
may  improperly  disclose  his  business  transactions  to  a  competitor,  or  which 
may  be  used  to  the  detriment  or  prejudice  of  any  carrier ;  and  it  shall  also  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  solicit  or  knowingly  receive  any  such  information 
which  may  be  so  used. 

Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  giving  of  such  infor- 
mation in  response  to  any  legal  process  issued  under  the  authority  of  any 
court,  or  to  any  officer  or  agent  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or  of 


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any  State,  Territory,  District,  or  possession  thereof,  in  the  exercise  of  his 
powers,  or  to  any  officer  or  other  duly  authorized  person  seeking  such  informa- 
tion for  the  prosecution  of  persons  charged  wither  suspected  of  crime,  or  to 
another  carrier,  or  its  duly  authorized  agent,  for  the  purpose  of  adjusting 
mutual  traffic  accounts  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business  of  such  carriers. 

SEC.  21.  That  the  board  may  require  any  common  carrier  by  water,  or  other 
person  subject  to  this  Act,  or  any  officer,  receiver,  trustee,  lessee,  agent,  or 
employee  thereof,  to  file  with  it  any  periodical  or  special  report,  or  any  ac- 
count, record,  rate,  or  charge,  or  any  memorandum  of  any  facts  and  trans- 
actions appertaining  to  the  business  of  such  carrier  or  other  person  subject 
to  this  Act.  Such  report,  account,  record,  rate,  charge,  or  memorandum  shall 
be  under  oath  whenever  the  board  so  requires,  and  shall  be  furnished  in  the 
form  and  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  board.  Whoever  fails  to  file 
any  report,  account,  record,  rate,  charge,  or  memorandum  as  required  by  this 
section  shall  forfeit  to  the  United  States  the  sum  of  $100  for  each  day  of  such 
default. 

Whoever  willfully  falsifies,  destroys,  mutilates,  or  alters  any  such  report, 
account,  record,  rate,  charge,  or  memorandum,  or  willfully  files  a  false  report, 
account,  record,  rate,  charge,  or  memorandum  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  subject  upon  conviction  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $1,000,  or 
imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment. 

SEC.  22.  That  any  person  may  file  with  the  board  a  sworn  complaint  setting 
forth  any  violation  of  this  Act  by  a  common  carrier  by  water,  or  other  person 
subject  to  this  Act,  and  asking  reparation  for  the  injury,  if  any,  caused 
thereby.  The  board  shall  furnish  a  copy  of  the  complaint  to  such  carrier 
or  other  person,  who  shall,  within  a  reasonable  time  specified  by  the  board, 
satisfy  the  complaint  or  answer  it  in  writing.  If  the  complaint  is  not  satisfied 
the  board  shall,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Act,  investigate  it  in 
such  manner  and  by  such  means,  and  make  such  order  as  it  deems  proper. 
The  board,  if  the  complaint  is  filed  within  two  years  after  the  cause  of  action 
accrued,  may  direct  the  payment,  on  or  before  a  day  named,  of  full  reparation 
to  the  complainant  for  the  injury  caused  by  such  violation. 

The  board,  upon  its  own  motion,  may  in  like  manner  and,  except  as  to  orders 
for  the  payment  of  money,  with  the  same  powers,  investigate  any  violation  of 
this  Act. 

SEC.  23.  Orders  of  the  board  relating  to  any  violation  of  this  Act  shall  be 
made  only  after  full  hearing,  and  upon  a  sworn  complaint  or  in  proceedings 
instituted  of  its  own  motion. 

All  orders  of  the  board  other  than  for  the  payment  of  money  made  under 
this  Act  shall  continue  in  force  for  such  time,  not  exceeding  two  years,  as 
shall  be  prescribed  therein  by  the  board,  unless  suspended,  modified,  or  set 
aside  by  the  board  or  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  24.  That  the  board  shall  enter  of  record  a  written  report  of  every  in- 
vestigation made  under  this  Act  in  which  a  hearing  has  been  held,  stating  its 
conclusions,  decision,  and  order,  and,  if  reparation  is  awarded,  the  findings 
of  fact  on  which  the  award  is  made,  and  shall  furnish  a  copy  of  such  report 
to  all  parties  to  the  investigation. 

The  board  may  publish  such  reports  in  the  form  best  adapted  for  public 
information  and  use,  and  such  authorized  publications  shall,  without  further 
proof  or  authentication,  be  competent  evidence  of  such  reports  in  all  courts 
of  the  United  States  and  of  the  States,  Territories,  Districts,  and  possessions 
thereof. 

SEC.  25.  That  the  board  may  reverse,  suspend,  or  modify,  upon  such  notice 
and  in  such  manner  as  it  deems  proper,  any  order  made  by  it.  Upon  applica- 
tion of  any  party  to  a  decision  or  order  it  may  grant  a  rehearing  of  the  same 
or  any  matter  determined  therein,  but  no  such  application  for  or  allowance  of  a 
rehearing  shall,  except  by  special  order  of  the  board,  operate  as  a  stay  of  such 
order. 

SEC.  26.  The  board  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  its  duty  whenever  com- 
plaint shall  be  made  to  it,  to  investigate  the  action  of  any  foreign  Government 
with  respect  to  the  privileges  afforded  and  burdens  imposed  upon  vessels  of 
the  United  States  engaged  in  foreign  trade  whenever  it  shall  appear  that  the 
laws,  regulations,  or  practices  of  any  foreign  Government  operate  in  such  a 
manner  that  vessels  of  the  United  States  are  not  accorded  equal  privileges 
in  foreign  trade  with  vessels  of  such  foreign  countries  or  vessels  of  other 
foreign  countries,  either  in  trade  to  or  from  the  ports  of  such  foreign  country 


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or  in  respect  of  the  passage  or  transportation  through  such  foreign  country  of 
passengers  or  goods  intended  for  shipment  or  transportation  in  such  vessels 
of  the  United  States,  either  to  or  from  ports  of  such  foreign  country  or  to  or 
from  ports  of  other  foreign  countries.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  to 
report  the  results  of  its  investigation  to  the  President  with  its  recommenda- 
tions and  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  secure  by 
diplomatic  action  equal  privileges  for  vessels  of  the  United  States  engaged  in 
such  foreign  trade.  And  if  by  such  diplomatic  action  the  President  shall  be 
unable  to  secure  such  equal  privileges  then  the  President  shall  advise  Congress 
as  to  the  facts  and  his  conclusions  by  special  message,  if  deemed  important 
in  the  public  interest,  in  order  that  proper  action  may  be  taken  thereon. 

SEC.  27.  That  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  alleged  violations  of  this  Act, 
the  board  may  by  subpoena  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses  and  the  pro- 
duction of  books,  papers,  documents,  and  other  evidence  from  any  place  in  the 
United  States  at  any  designated  place  of  hearing.  Subpoenas  may  be  signed 
by  any  commissioner,  and  oaths  or  affirmations  may  be  administered,  witnesses 
examined,  and  evidence  received  by  any  commissioner  or  examiner,  or,  under 
the  direction  of  the  board,  by  any  person  authorized  under  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  or  of  any  State,  Territory,  District,  or  possession  thereof  to 
administer  oaths.  Persons  so  acting  under  the  direction  of  the  board  and 
witnesses  shall,  unless  employees  of  the  board,  be  entitled  to  the  same  fees 
and  mileage  as  in  the  courts  of  the  United  States.  Obedience  to  any  such 
subpoena  shall,  on  application  by  the  board,  be  enforced  as  are  orders  of  the 
board  other  than  for  the  payment  of  money. 

SEC.  28.  That  no  person  shall  be  excused,  on  the  ground  that  it  may  tend 
to  incriminate  him  or  subject  him  to  a  penalty  or  forfeiture,  from  attending 
and  testifying,  or  producing  books,  papers,  documents,  and  other  evidence,  in 
obedience  to*  the  subpoena  of  the  board  or  of  any  court  in  any  proceeding  based 
upon  or  growing  out  of  any  alleged  violation  of  this  Act ;  but  no  natural  person 
shall  be  prosecuted  or  subjected  to  any  penalty  or  forfeiture  for  or  on  account 
of  any  transaction,  matter,  or  thing  as  to  which,  in  obedience  to  a  subpoena 
and  under  oath,  he  may  so  testify  or  produce  evidence,  except  that  no  person 
shall  be  exempt  from  prosecution  and  punishment  for  perjury  committed  in  so 
testifying. 

SEC.  29.  That  in  case  of  violation  of  any  order  of  the  board,  other  than  an 
order  for  the  payment  of  money,  the  board,  or  any  party  injured  by  such  viola- 
tion, or  the  Attorney  General,  may  apply  to  a  district  court  having  jurisdiction 
of  the  parties;  and  if,  after  hearing,  the  court  determines  that  the  order  was 
regularly  made  and  duly  issued,  it  shall  enforce  obedience  thereto  by  a  writ 
of  injunction  or  other  proper  process,  mandatory  or  otherwise. 

SEC.  30.  That  in  case  of  violation  of  any  order  of  the  board  for  the  payment 
of  money  the  person  to  whom  such  award  was  made  may  file  in  the  district 
court  for  the  district  in  which  such  person  resides,  or  in  which  is  located  any 
office  of  the  carrier  or  other  person  to  whom  the  order  was  directed,  or  in 
which  is  located  any  point  of  call  on  a  regular  route  operated  by  the  carrier, 
or  in  any  court  of  general  jurisdiction  of  a  State,  Territory,  District,  or  pos- 
session of  the  United  States  having  jurisdiction  of  the  parties,  a  petition  or  suit 
setting  forth  briefly  the  causes  for  which  he  claims  damages  and  the  order  of 
the  board  in  the  premises. 

In  the  district  court  the  findings  and  order  of  the  board  shall  be  prima  facie 
evidence  of  the  facts  therein  stated,  and  the  petitioner  shall  not  be  liable  for 
costs,  nor  shall  he  be  liable  for  costs  at  any  subsequent  stage  of  the  proceedings 
unless  they  accrue  upon  his  appeal.  If  a  petitioner  in  a  district  court  finally 
prevails,  he  shall  be  allowed  a  reasonable  attorney's  fee,  to  be  taxed  and  col- 
lected as  part  of  the  costs  of  the  suit. 

All  parties  in  whose  favor  the  board  has  made  an  award  of  reparation  by  a 
single  order  may  be  joined  as  plaintiffs,  and  all  other  parties  to  such  order 
may  be  joined  as  defendants,  in  a  single  suit  in  any  district  in  which  any  one 
such  plaintiff  could  maintain  a  suit  against  any  one  such  defendant.  Service 
of  process  against  any  such  defendant  not  found  in  that  district  may  be  made 
in  any  district  in  which  is  located  any  office  of,  or  point  of  call  on  a  regular 
route  operated  by,  such  defendant.  Judgment  may  be  entered  in  favor  of  any 
plaintiff  against  the  defendant  liable  to  that  plaintiff. 

No  petition  or  suit  for  the  enforcement  of  an  order  for  the  payment  of  money 
shall  be  maintained  unless  filed  within  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  order. 

SEC.  31.  That  the  venue  and  procedure  in  the  courts  of  the  United  States  In 
suits  brought  to  enforce,  suspend,  or  set  aside,  in  whole  or  in  part,  any  order 


142    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

of  the  board  shall,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  be  the  same  as  in 
similar  suits  in  regard  to  orders  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  but 
such  suits  may  also  be  maintained  in  any  district  court  having  jurisdiction  of 
the  parties. 

SEC.  32.  That  whoever  violates  any  provision  of  this  Act,  except  where  a 
different  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by 
fine  of  not  to  exceed  $5.000. 

SEC.  33.  That  this  Act  shall  not  be  construed  to  affect  the  power  or  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  nor  to  confer  upon  the  board 
concurrent  power  or  jurisdiction  over  any  matter  within  the  power  or  jurisdic- 
tion of  such  commission ;  nor  shall  this  Act  be  construed  to  apply  to  intrastate 
commerce. 

SEC.  34.  That  if  any  provision  of  this  Act,  or  the  application  of  such  pro- 
vision to  certain  circumstances,  is  held  unconstitutional,  the  remainder  of  the 
Ace,  and  the  application  of  such  provision  to  circumstances  other  than  those 
as  to  which  it  is  held  unconstitutional,  shall  not  be  affected  thereby. 

SEC.  35.  That  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  seventeen,  the  sum  of  $100,000  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  moneys 
in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  the 
board,  including  the  payment  of  salaries  herein  authorized. 

SEC.  36.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized  to  refuse  a  clearance 
to  any  vessel  or  other  vehicle  laden  with  merchandise  destined  for  a  foreign  or 
domestic  port  whenever  he  shall  have  satisfactory  reason  to  believe  that  the 
master,  owner,  or  other  officer  of  such  vessel  or  other  vehicle  refuses  or  de- 
clines to  accept  or  receive  freight  or  cargo  in  good  condition  tendered  for  such 
port  of  destination  or  for  some  intermediate  port  of  call,  together  with  the 
proper  freight  or  transportation  charges  therefor,  by  any  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  unless  the  same  is  fully  laden  and  has  no  space  accommodations  for 
the  freight  or  cargo  so  tendered,  due  regard  being  had  for  the  proper  loading 
of  such  vessel  or  vehicle,  or  unless  such  freight  or  cargo  consists  of  merchan- 
dise for  which  such  vessel  or  vehicle  is  not  adaptable. 

Approved,  September  7,  1916.     [39  Stat.,  728.] 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to 
supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  and  for  other  purposes, 
namely : 


DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE. 
******* 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen :  For  relief  and  protection  of 
American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  shipwrecked  American  seamen  in 
the  Territority  of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  the  Panama 
Canal  Zone,  and  the  Philippine  Islands,  $15,000. 

******* 

PANAMA   CANAL. 

The  authorized  cost  of  construction,  by  contract  or  in  navy  yards,  complete 
in  every  detail,  including  self-discharging  equipment  and  all  other  necessary 
apparatus,  of  two  colliers  for  the  Panama  Canal  provided  for  in  the  sundry 
civil  appropriation  Act  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  is 
increased  from  $1,300,000  each  to  $1,500,000  each. 

FORTIFICATIONS. 

Ordnance  depot: 

For  three  storehouses,  $90,000; 

For  two  magazine  buildings,  $20,000; 


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For  one  magnzine    miMintr.  $6,000; 
For  one  shop  building,  $17.000: 
For  one  office  building,  $4,000; 
For  one  barrack.   $17,350; 
For  one  set  of  field  officers'  quarters,  $16.800; 
For  one  set  of  captains'  quarters,  $15,750; 

For  one  set  of  double  noncommissioned  officers'  quarters,  $12,600; 
For  seven  sets  of  family  quarters  for  personnel  of  Ordnance  depot,  $18,200; 
For  one  stable,  with  carriage  house,  $5,000; 

For  three  sets  of  family  quarters  for  Ordnance  machinists,  one  each  at  Forts 
Randolph,   Sherman,  and  Grant,  $7,800; 
For  one  dock,  $160,000; 
For  necessary  dredging,  $100,000; 

For  necessary  railroad  tracks  and  connections,  $17,500 ; 
For  roads,  walks,  sewers,  water,  light,  and  power,  $25,000; 
In  all,  $533,000,  to  continue  available  until  expended. 


UNITED    STATES    EMPLOYEES'    COMPENSATION    COMMISSION.       '-'  • "" 

For  expenses  under  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  compensation  for 
employees  of  the  United  States  suffering  injuries  while  in  the  performance 
of  their  duties,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  September  [seventh],  nineteen 
hundred  and  sixteen,  namely: 

MISCELLANEOUS  EXPENSES:  For  salaries  of  the  commissioners,  and  for  such 
assistants,  clerks,  and  other  employees,  as  the  Commission  may  deem  necessary, 
and  for  traveling  expenses,  expenses  of  medical  examinations,  and  for  reason- 
able traveling  and  other  expenses  and  loss  of  wages  payable  to  employees  under 
section  twenty-one,  for  rent  in  the  District  of  Columbia  and  equipment  of 
offices,  purchase  of  books,  stationery,  and  other  supplies,  printing  and  binding 
to  be  done  at  the  Government  Printing  Office,  and  other  necessary  expenses, 
for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  $50,000.  Estimates  in 
detail  shall  hereafter  be  annually  submitted  hereunder. 

EMPLOYEES'  COMPENSATION  FUND  :  For  the  payment  of  compensation  provided 
by  said  Act,  including  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services,  and  supplies 
provided  by  section  nine,  and  the  transportation  and  burial  expenses  provided 
by  sections  nine  and  eleven,  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seven- 
teen, $500,000. 


Approved,  September  8,  1916.     [39  Stat,  802,  811,  821.] 


An  Act  To   regulate  the  immigration  of  aliens  to,  and   the   residence  of  aliens  in,   the 

United   States. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  word  "  alien "  wherever 
used  in  this  Act' shall  include  any  person  not  a  native-born  or  naturalized  citizen 
of  the  United  States;  but  this  definition  shall  not  be  held  to  include  Indi-ms 
of  the  United  States  not  taxed  or  citizens  of  the  islands  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States.  That  the  term  "United  States"  as  used  in  the  title 
as  well  as  in  the  various  sections  of  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  mean  the 
United  States,  and  any  waters,  territory,  or  other  place  subject  to  the  juris- 
diction thereof,  except  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone;  but  if  any  alien  shall  leave 
the  Canal  Zone  or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States  and  attempt  to 
enter  any  other  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  nothing 
contained  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  as  permitting  him  to  enter  under  any 
other  conditions  than  those  applicable  to  all  aliens. 

*  *  ***** 

Provided  further,  That  whenever  the  President  shall  be  satisfied  that  pass- 
ports issued  by  any  foreign  Government  to  its  citizens  or  subjects  to  go  to  any 
country  other  than  the  United  States,  or  to  any  insular  possession  of  the 
United  States  or  to  the  Canal  Zone,  are  being  used  for  the  purpose  of  enabling 
the  holder  to  come  to  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States  to  the 


144    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

detriment  of  labor  conditions  therein,  the  President  shall  refuse  to  permit  such 
citizens  or  subjects  of  the  country  issuing  such  passports  to  enter  the  conti- 
nental territory  of  the  United  States  from  such  other  country  or  from  such 
insular  possession  or  from  the  Canal  Zone. 

*  *  ***** 

SEC.  38.  That  this  Act,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  section  three,  shall 
take  effect  and  be  enforced  on  and  after  May  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
seventeen. 

******* 

Passage  after  veto ;  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  February  1,  1917  ;  by  the 
Senate,  February  5, 1917.  (39  Stat,  874,  878,  897.) 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  fortifications  and  other  works  of  defense,  for  the 
armament  thereof,  for  the  procurement  of  heavy  ordnance  for  trial  and  service,  and 
for  other  purposes. 

Be  it.  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  be 
immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended,  namely : 

FORTIFICATIONS   AND   OTHER   WORKS   OF   DEFENSE. 

*  *  ***** 

TJNDEK  THE   CHIEF   SIGNAL  OFFICER. 


The  Secretary  of  War  is  directed  to  submit  to  Congress  on  or  before  January 
first,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  a  detailed  statement  of  the  land,  buildings, 
and  other  facilities  now  available  and  to  be  required  for  the  accommodation 
of  airships  and  other  aerial  machines  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the 
seacoast  defenses  of  the  continental  United  States,  the  insular  possessions,  and 
the  Panama  Canal. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  February  14,  1917.  (39  Stat.,  909,  910.) 


An  Act  Authorizing  transfer  of  certain  retired  Army  officers  to  the  active  list. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  hereafter  the  President  be, 
and  he  is  hereby,  authorized,  within  one  year  of  the  approval  of  this  Act,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  to  transfer,  upon  application, 
to  the  active  list  of  the  Army  any  officer  under  fifty  years  of  age  who  may 
have  been  transferred  heretofore  from  the  active  to  the  retired  list  of  the 
Army  under  the  Act  to  provide  for  recognizing  the  services  of  certain  officers 
of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Public  Health  Service  for  their  services  in  connection 
with  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved 
March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen:  Provided,  That  such  officers  shall 
take  rank  at  the  foot  of  the  respective  grades  which  they  held  at  the  time  of 
their  retirement  and  shall  be  carried  as  an  additional  number  in  the  grade  to 
which  he  may  be  transferred  or  at  any  time  thereafter  promoted,  and  shall 
be  promoted  on  the  same  date  as  the  officer  next  above  him  in  rank,  and  shall 
be  commissioned  in  the  arm  or  department  of  the  Army  from  which  he  was 
retired :  Provided  further,  That  such  officer  shall  stand  a  satisfactory  medical 
examination,  and  when  promoted  shall  stand  the  medical  and  professional  ex- 
aminations provided  for  by  law :  And  provided  further,  That  any  officer  trans- 
ferred to  the  active  list  under  this  Act  shall  not  again  be  entitled  to  the  benefits 
of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  described  above,  except  when  retired  for  age  or  for 
physical  disability  incurred  in  the  line  of  dnty. 

Approved,  February  23,  1917  (39  Stat.,  937). 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    145 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  severally  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  Diplo- 
matice  and  Consular  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  eighteen,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriated, for  the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely: 


PAYMENT    TO    THE    GOVERNMENT    OF    PANAMA. 

To  enable  the  Secretary  of  State  to  pay  to  the  Government  of  Panama  the 
sixth  annual  payment  due  on  February  twenty-sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eighteen,  from  the  Government  of  the  United  States  to  the  Government  of 
Panama  under  article  fourteen  of  the  treaty  of  November  eighteenth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  three,  $250,000. 


BELIEF   AND   PROTECTION   OF   AMERICAN    SEAMEN. 

Relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  in  the 
Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  shipwrecked  American  seamen  in  the  Territory  of 
Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  and  the  Philippine  Islands, 
$40,000. 

*  *  ***** 

Approved,  March  3,  1917  (39  Stat,  1047,  1055,  1058). 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  expenses  of 
the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eighteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

******* 
Provided,  That  on  and  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen,  no 
Government  official  or  employee  shall  receive  any  salary  in  connection  with  his 
services  as  such  an  official  or  employee  from  any  source  other  than  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States,  except  as  may  be  contributed  out  of  the  treasury 
of  any  State,  county,  or  municipality,  and  no  person,  association,  or  corporation 
shall  make  any  contribution  to,  or  in  any  way  supplement  the  salary  of,  any 
Government  official  or  employee  for  the  services  performed  by  him  for  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  terms  of  this 
proviso  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $1,000  or  imprisonment  for  not  less 
than  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  as  the  court  may 
determine. 

******* 

SEC.  4.  That  no  part  of  any  money  appropriated  by  this  or  any  other  act  shall 
be  used  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen  for  the  purchase 
of  any  typewriting  machine  at  a  price  in  excess  of  the  lowest  price  paid  by  the 
Government  of  the  United  States  for  the  same  make  and  substantially  the 
same  model  of  machine  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen ; 
such  price  shall  include  the  value  of  any  typewriting  machine  or  machines 
given  in  exchange,  but  shall  not  apply  to  special  prices  granted  on  typewriting 
machines  used  in  schools  of  the  District  of  Columbia  or  of  the  Indian  Service, 
the  lowest  of  which  special  prices  paid  for  typewriting  machines  shall  not  be 
exceeded  in  future  purchases  for  such  schools:  Provided,  That  in  construing 
this  section  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  shall  advise  the  Comptroller  of  the 
Treasury  as  to  whether  the  changes  in  any  typewriter  are  of  such  structural 
character  as  to  constitute  a  new  machine  not  within  the  limitations  of  this 
section. 

******* 

Approved,  March  3,  1917.     (39  Stat.,  1070,  1106,  1121.) 
73828°— 17 10 


146    TKEATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

AD   Act  Making   appropriations   for  the   Department   of   Agriculture   for   the  fiscal   year 
ending  June  thirtieth,   nineteen   hundred   and   eighteen. 

Be  it  enacted  fyy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they 
are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United 
States  not  otherwise  appropriated,  in  full  compensation  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  for  the  purposes  and 
objects  hereinafter  expressed,  namely : 

DEPABTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

******* 

GENERAL  EXPENSES,  WEATHER  BUREAU:  For  carrying  into  effect  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  and  elsewhere  in  the  United  States,  in  the  West  Indies,  in 
the  Panama  Canal,  the  Caribbean  Sea,  and  on  adjacent  coasts,  in  the  Hawaiian 
Islands,  in  Bermuda,  and  in  Alaska,  the  provisions  of  an  Act  approved  October 
first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  weather  service 
transferred  thereby  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture, 

******* 

Total  for  Weather  Bureau,  $1,783,140. 
*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  March  4,  1917.     (39  Stat,  1134,  1136,  1137.) 


An  Act  Making  appropriations   for  the   naval   service  for   the   fiscal  year   ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  naval  service  of  the  Government  for  the  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  for  other  purposes: 
******* 

That  in  case  of  national  emergency  the  President  is  authorized  to  suspend 
provisions  of  law  prohibiting  more  than  eight  hours  labor  in  any  one  day  of 
persons  engaged  upon  work  covered  by  contracts  with  the  United  States :  Pro- 
vided further,  That  the  wages  of  persons  employed  upon  such  contracts  shall 
be  computed  on  a  basic  day  rate  of  eight  hours  work,  with  overtime  rates  to 
be  paid  for  at  not  less  than  time  and  one-half  for  all  hours  work  in  excess  of 
eight  hours. 


NAVAL  EMERGENCY  FUND. 

******* 

(a)  That  the  word  "person"  as  used  in  paragraphs  (b),  (c),  next  hereafter 
shall  include  any  individual,  trustee,  firm,  association,  company,  or  corporation. 
The  word  "  ship  "  shall  include  any  boat,  vessel,  submarine,  or  any  form  of  air- 
craft, and  the  parts  thereof.     The  words  "  war  material "  shall  include  arms, 
armament,  ammunition,  stores,  supplies,  and  equipment  for  ships  and  airplanes, 
and  everything  required  for  or  in  connection  with  the  production  thereof.    The 
word  "  factory  "  shall  include  any  factory,  workshop,  engine  works,  building 
used  for  manufacture,  assembling,  construction,  or  any  process,  and  any  ship- 
yard or  dockyard.    The  words  "  United  States  "  shall  include  the  Canal  Zone 
and  all  territory  and  waters,  continental  and  insular,  subject  to  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States. 

(b)  That  in  time  of  war,  or  of  national  emergency  arising  prior  to  March 
first,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  to  be  determined  by  the  President  by 
proclamation,  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  in  addition  to 
all  other  existing  provisions  of  law : 

First.  Within  the  limits  of  the  amounts  appropriated  therefor,  to  place  an 
order  with  any  person  for  such  ships  or  war  material  as  the  necessities  of  the 
Government,  to  be  determined  by  the  President,  may  require  and  which  are  of 


TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL.    147 

the  nature,  kind,  and  quantity  usually  produced  or  capable  of  being  produced  by 
such  person.  Compliance  with  all  such  orders  shall  be  obligatory  on  any  person 
to  whom  such  order  is  given,  and  such  order  shall  take  precedence  over  all 
other  orders  and  contracts  theretofore  placed  with  such  person.  If  any  person 
owning,  leasing,  or  operating  any  factory  equipped  for  the  building  or  produc- 
tion of  ships  or  war  material  for  the  Navy  shall  refuse  or  fail  to  give  to  the 
United  States  such  preference  in  the  execution  of  such  an  order,  or  shall  refuse 
to  build,  supply,  furnish,  or  manufacture  the  kind,  quantity,  or  quality  of  ships 
or  war  material  so  ordered  at  such  reasonable  price  as  shall  be  determined  by 
the  President,  the  President  may  take  immediate  possession  of  any  factory  of 
such  person,  or  of  any  part  thereof  without  taking  possession  of  the  entire  fac- 
tory, and  may  use  the  same  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as  he  may  con- 
sider necessary  or  expedient. 

Second.  Within  the  limit  of  the  amounts  appropriated  therefor,  to  modify  or 
cancel  any  existing  contract  for  the  building,  production,  or  purchase  of  ships 
or  war  material ;  and  if  any  contractor  shall  refuse  or  fail  to  comply  with  the 
contract  as  so  modified  the  President  may  take  immediate  possession  of  any 
factory  of  such  contractor,  or  any  part  thereof  without  taking  possession  of 
the  entire  factory,  and  may  use  the  same  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as 
he  may  consider  necessary  or  expedient. 

Third.  To  require  the  owner  or  occupier  of  any  factory  in  which  ships  or 
war  material  are  built  or  produced  to  place  at  the  disposal  of  the  United  States 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  output  of  such  factory,  and,  within  the  limit  of 
the  amounts  appropriated  therefor,  to  deliver  such  output  or  parts  thereof  in 
such  quantities  and  at  such  times  as  may  be  specified  in  the  order  at  such  rea- 
sonable price  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  President. 

Fourth.  To  requisition  and  take  over  for  use  or  operation  by  the  Government 
any  factory,  or  any  part  thereof  without  taking  possession  of  the  entire  factory, 
whether  the  United  States  has  or  has  not  any  contract  or  agreement  with  the 
owner  or  occupier  of  such  factory. 

That  all  authority  granted  to  the  President  in  this  paragraph,  to  be  exercised 
in  time  of  national  emergency,  shall  cease  on  March  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eighteen. 

(d)  That  whenever  the  United  States  shall  cancel  or  modify  any  contract, 
make  use  of,  assume,  occupy,  requisition,  or  take  over  any  factory  or  part 
thereof,  or  any  ships  or  war  material,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  para- 
graph (b),  it  shall  make  just  compensation  therefor,  to  be  determined  by  the 
President,  and  if  the  amount  thereof  so  determined  by  the  President  is  unsatis- 
factory to  the  person  entitled  to  receive  the  same,  such  person  shall  be  paid 
fifty  per  centum  of  the  amount  so  determined  by  the  President  and  shall  be 
entitled  to  sue  the  United  States  to  recover  such  further  sum  as  added  to  said 
fifty  per  centum  shall  make  up  such  amount  as  will  be  just  compensation 
therefor,  in  the  manner  provided  for  by  section  twenty-four,  paragraph  twenty, 
and  section  one  hundred  and  forty-five  of  the  Judicial  Code. 

*  *  *  *  *  *        .          * 
That  section  forty-four  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and 

amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

"  SEC.  44.  Whoever  shall  willfully  trespass  upon,  injure,  or  destroy  any  of  the 
works  or  property  or  material  of  any  submarine  mine  or  torpedo  or  fortification 
or  harbor-defense  system  owned  or  constructed  or  in  process  of  construction  by 
the  United  States,  or  shall  willfully  interfere  with  the  operation  or  use  of  any 
such  submarine  mine,  torpedo,  fortification,  or  harbor-defense  system,  or  shall 
knowingly,  willfully,  or  wantonly  violate  any  duly  authorized  and  promulgated 
order  or  regulation  of  the  President  governing  persons  or  vessels  within  the 
limits  of  defensive  sea  areas,  which  defensive  sea  areas  are  hereby  authorized 
to  be  established  by  order  of  the  President  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  neces- 
sary in  his  discretion  for  purposes  of  national  defense,  shall  be  punished  on 
conviction  thereof  in  a  district  or  circuit  court  of  appeals  of  the  United  States 
for  the  district  or  circuit  in  which  the  offense  is  committed,  or  into  which  the 
offender  is  first  brought,  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $5,000,  or  by  imprisonment 
for  a  term  not  exceeding  five  years,  or  by  botb,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court." 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 
Approved,  March  4,  1917.     (39  Stat.,  1168,  1192,  1193.) 


148    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropriated, 
out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply  defi- 
ciencies in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  seventeen,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


PANAMA   CANAL. 

For  the  fortification  of  the  Panama  Canal  as  follows :  For  the  operation  and 
maintenance  of  fire-control  installations  at  seacoast  defenses,  Panama  Canal, 
under  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army,  $5,000. 

.   *  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  April  17,  1917. 

An  Act  To  amend  section  ten  of  chapter  two  of  the  Criminal  Code. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  section  10  of  chapter  two  of 
an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the 
United  States,"  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

"  SEC.  10.  Whoever,  within  the  territory  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States, 
enlists  or  enters  himself,  or  hires  or  retains  another  person  to  enlist  or  enter 
himself,  or  to  go  beyond  the  limits  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  with 
intent  to  be  enlisted  or  entered  in  the  service  of  any  foreign  prince,  State, 
colony,  district,  or  people  as  a  soldier  or  as  a  marine  or  seaman  on  board  of 
any  vessel  of  war,  letter  of  marque,  or  privateer  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
$1,000  and  imprisoned  not  more  than  three  years:  Provided,  That  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  citizens  or  subjects  of  any  country  engaged  in  war  with  a 
country  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  unless  such  citizen  or  subject 
of  such  foreign  country  shall  hire  or  solicit  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  to 
enlist  or  go  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  with  intent  to  enlist 
or  enter  the  service  of  a  foreign  country.  Enlistments  under  this  proviso  shall 
be  under  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War." 

Approved,  May  7,  1917. 


Joint  Resolution  Authorizing  the  President  to  take  over  for  the  United  States  the 
possession  and  title  of  any  vessel  within  its  jurisdiction,  which  at  the  time  of  coming 
therein  was  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  corporation,  citizen,  or  subject  of  any 
nation  with  which  the  United  States  may  be  at  war,  or  was  under  register  of  any 
such  nation,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby, 
authorized  to  take  over  to  the  United  States  the  immediate  possession  and  title  of 
any  vessel  within  the  jurisdiction  thereof,  including  the  Canal  Zone  and  all 
territories  and  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  except  the  American 
Virgin  Islands,  which  at  the  time  of  coming  into  such  jurisdiction  was  owned 
in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  corporation,  citizen,  or  subject  of  any  nation  with 
which  the  United  States  may  be  at  \var  when  such  vessel  shall  be  taken,  or 
was  flying  the  flag  of  or  was  under  register  of  any  such  nation  or  any  political 
subdivision  or  municipality  thereof;  and,  through  the  United  States  Shipping 
Board,  or  any  department  or  agency  of  the  Government,  to  operate,  lease, 
charter,  and  equip  such  vessel  in  any  service  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any 
commerce,  foreign  or  coastwise. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and 
directed  to  appoint,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President,  a  board  of  survey, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  ascertain  the  actual  value  of  the  vessel,  its  equipment, 
appurtenances,  and  all  property  contained  therein,  at  the  time  of  its  taking, 
and  to  make  a  written  report  of  their  findings  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 


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who  shall  preserve  such  report  with  the  records  of  his  department.     These 
findings  shall  be  considered  as  competent  evidence  in  all  proceedings  on  any 
claim  for  compensation. 
Approved,  May  12,  1917. 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and   for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  tlic  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  eighteen: 


MEDICAL     DEPAETMENT. 

MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  DEPARTMENT  :  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospi- 
tal supplies,  including  motor  ambulances,  and  motorcycles  for  medical  service, 
their  maintenance,  repair,  and  operation,  and  disinfectants,  and  the  purchase 
and  exchange  of  typewriting .  machines  for  military  posts,  camps,  hospitals, 
hospital  ships  and  transports,  and  supplies  required  for  mosquito  destruction  in 
and  about  military  posts  in  the  Canal  Zone :  *  *  *  $1,000,000. 

HOSPITAL  CARE,  CANAL  ZONE  GARRISONS  :  For  paying  the  Panama  Canal  such 
reasonable  charges,  exclusive  of  subsistence,  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  for  caring  in  its  hospitals  for  officers,  enlisted  men,  military 
prisoners  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Army  admitted  thereto  upon  the  request 
of  proper  military  authority:  Provided,  That  the  subsistence  of  the  said  pa- 
tients, except  commissioned  officers,  shall  be  paid  to  said  hospitals  out  of  the  ap- 
propriation for  subsistence  of  the  Army  at  the  rates  provicTed  therein  for  com- 
mutation of  rations  for  enlisted  patients  in  general  hospitals,  $35,000. 


RESERVE     CORPS. 


Provided  further,  That  all  officers  and  employees  of  the  United  States  or  of 
the  District  of  Columbia  who  shall  be  members  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps 
shall  be  entitled  to  leave  of  absence  from  their  respective  duties,  without  loss 
of  pay,  time,  or  efficiency  rating,  on  all  days  during  which  they  shall  be  or- 
dered to  duty  writh  troops  or  at  field  exercises,  or  for  instruction,  for  periods 
not  to  exceed  fifteen  days  in  any  one  calendar  year. 

Pro rided  further,  That  members  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps  who  are  in  the 
employ  of  the  United  States  Government  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and 
who  are  ordered  to  duty  by  proper  authority  shall,  when  relieved  from  duty, 
be  restored  to  the  positions  held  by  them  when  ordered  to  duty. 

******* 

Approved,  May  12,  1917. 


An  Act  To 


temporarily  increase  the  commissioned  and  warrant  and  enlisted  strength  of 
the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps,  and  for  other  purposes. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled, 

******* 

SEC.  19.  That  section  forty-four  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  re- 
vise, and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  approved  March  fourth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  as  amended  by  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  making 
appropriation  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  March 
fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  be,  and  is  hereby,  amended  by  adding 
the  following  to  said  section : 

"  Provided,  That  offenses  hereunder  committed  within  the  Canal  Zone  or 
within  any  defensive  sea  areas  which  the  President  is  authorized  to  establish 


150    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

by  said  section,  shall  be  cognizable  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Eone,  and 
jurisdiction  is  hereby  conferred  upon  said  court  to  hear  and  determine  all  such 
cases  arising  under  said  section  and  to  impose  the  penalties  therein  provided  for 
the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  said  section." 

******* 

Approved,  May  22,  1917. 

(NOTE:  The  section  referred  to  will  be  found  on  page  147.) 


An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  namely : 
******* 

WAR  DEPARTMENT. 
******* 

NATIONAL  CEMETERIES. 


Disposition  of  remains  of  officers,  soldiers,  civilian  employees,  and  so  forth: 
For  interment,  or  of  preparation  and  transportation  to  their  homes  or  to  such 
national  cemeteries  as  may  be  designated  by  proper  authority,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Secretary  of  'War,  of  the  remains  of  officers,  including  acting  assistant 
surgeons  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  active  list  ;  interment,  or  of  preparation 
and  transportation  to  their  homes,  of  the  remains  of  civil  employees  of  the 
Army  in  the  employ  of  the  War  Department  who  die  abroad,  in  Alaska,  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  or  on  Army  transports,  or  who  die  while  on  duty  in  the  field  or  at 
military  posts  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  ;  interment  of  military  pris- 
oners who  die  at  military  posts;  removal  of  remains  from  abandoned  posts  to 
permanent  military  posts  or  national  cemeteries,  including  the  remains  of  Fed- 
eral soldiers,  sailors,  or  marines,  interred  in  fields  or  abandoned  private  and  city 
cemeteries  ;  and  in  any  case  where  the  expenses  of  burial  or  shipment  of  the  re- 
mains of  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  who  die  on  the  active  list  are  borne 
by  individuals,  where  such  expenses  would  have  been  lawful  claims  against  the 
Government,  reimbursement  to  such  individuals  may  be  made  of  the  amount 
allowed  by  the  Government  for  such  services  out  of  this  sum,  but  no  reimburse- 
ment shall  be  made  of  such  expenses  incurred  prior  to  July  first,  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  ten,  $60,000. 

******* 

DEPARTMENT  OF  COMMERCE. 
******* 

COAST  AND  GEODETIC   STJEVEY. 
******* 

Field  expenses:  For  surveys  and  necessary  resurveys  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Gulf  coasts  of  the  United  States,  including  the  coasts  of  outlying  islands  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  :  Provided,  That  not  more  than  $25,000  of 
this  amount  shall  be  expended  on  the  coasts  of  said  outlying  islands,  and  the 
Atlantic  entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal,  $115,000  ; 


THE  PANAMA  CANAL. 

For  every  expenditure  requisite  for  and  incident  to  the  construction,  mainte- 
nance and  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal  and 
Canal  Zone,  including  the  following  :  Compensation  of  all  officials  and  employees  ; 
foreign  and  domestic  newspapers  and  periodicals  ;  law  books  not  exceeding  $500. 
textbooks  and  books  of  reference;  printing  and  binding,  including  printing  of 
annual  report,  rents  and  personal  services  in  the  District  of  Columbia  ;  purchase 


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or  exchange  of  typewriting,  adding,  and  other  machines ;  purchase  or  exchange, 
maintenance,  repair,  and  operation  of  motor-propelled  and  horse-drawn  passen- 
ger-carrying vehicles ;  claims  for  damages  to  vessels  passing  through  the  locks 
of  the  Panama  Canal,  as  authorized  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act ;  claims  for  losses 
of  or  damages  to  property  arising  from  the  conduct  of  authorized  business 
operations;  claims  for  damages  caused  to  owners  of  private  lands  or  private 
property  of  any  kind  by  reason  of  the  grants  contained  in  the  treaty  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  proclaimed  February  twenty- 
sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,  or  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the  United 
States,  its  agents  or  employees,  or  by  reason  of  the  construction,  maintenance, 
operation,  sanitation,  and  protection  of  the  said  canal  or  of  the  wTork  of  sanita- 
tion and  protection  therein  provided  for,  whether  such  claims  are  compromised 
by  agreements  between  the  claimants  and  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
or  allowed  by  a  joint  land  commission;  acquisition  of  land  and  land  under 
water,  as  authorized  in  the  Panama  Canal  Act ;  expenses  incurred  in  assembling, 
assorting,  storing,  repairing,  and  selling  material,  machinery,  and  equipment 
heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or  acquired  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal  which  are  unserviceable  or  no  longer  needed,  to  be  reimbursed  from  the 
proceeds  of  such  sales ;  expenses  incident  to  conducting  hearings  and  examining 
estimates  for  appropriations  on  the  Isthmus ;  expenses*  incident  to  any  emer- 
gency arising  because  of  calamity  by  flood,  fire,  pestilence,  or  like  character  not 
foreseen  or  otherwise  provided  for  herein;  per  diem  allowance  in  lieu  of  sub- 
sistence when  prescribed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  to  persons  en- 
gaged in  field  work  or  traveling  on  official  business,  pursuant  to  section  thirteen 
of  the  sundry  civil  appropriation  Act  approved  August  first,  nineteen  hundred 
and  fourteen,  and  for  such  other  expenses  not  in  the  United  States  as  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Panama  Canal  may  deem  necessary  to  best  promote  the  construc- 
tion, maintenance  and  operation,  sanitation,  and  civil  government  of  the  Pan- 
ama Canal,  all  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  accounted  for  as  follows: 

For  continuing  the  construction  and  equipment  of  the  Panama  Canal,  includ- 
ing $1,000  additional  compensation  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for 
extra  services  in  auditing  accounts  for  the  Panama  Canal;  for  the  completion 
of  one  dock  at  Cristobal  (numbered  six)  at  a  total  cost  not  exceeding  $1,500,- 
000;  and  toward  construction  by  contract  or  in  navy  yards  complete  in  every 
detail  of  two  sea-going  coal  barges  at  a  total  cost  not  exceeding  $800,000  each 
under  a  contract  or  contracts  hereby  authorized  therefor:  Provided,  That  the 
authority  contained  in  the  Act  approved  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  six- 
teen, for  the  construction  of  two  colliers  is  repealed  and  the  sum  of  $1,100,000 
appropriated  therein  toward  the  construction  of  the  said  colliers,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  is  unexpended,  is  made  available  for  use  in  the  construction  of  the 
coal  barges  authorized  herein,  $2,755,000. 

For  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  salary  of  the  governor, 
$100,000;  *  purchase,  inspection,  delivery,  handling,  and  storing  of  material,  sup- 
plies and  equipment  for  issue  to  all  departments  of  the  Panama  Canal,  the 
Panama  Railroad,  other  branches  of  the  United  States  Government,  and  for 
authorized  sales,  payment  in  lump  sums  of  not  exceeding  the  amounts  author- 
ized by  the  injury  compensation  Act  approved  September  seventh,  nineteen 
hundred  and  sixteen,  to  alien  cripples  who  are  now  a  charge  upon  the  Panama 
Canal  by  reason  of  injuries  sustained  while  employed  in  the  construction  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  $9,000,000,  together  with  all  moneys  arising  from  the  con- 
duct of  business  operations  authorized  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act ; 

For  sanitation,  quarantine,  hospitals,  and  medical  aid  and  support  of  the  in- 
sane and  of  lepers,  and  aid  and  support  of  indigent  persons  legally  within  the 
Canal  Zone,  including  expenses  of  their  deportation  when  practicable,  and  in- 
cluding additional  compensation  from  May  tenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six- 
teen, to  any  officer  of  the  United  States  Public  Health  Service  detailed  with 
the  Panama  Canal  as  chief  quarantine  officer,  $700,000 ; 

For  civil  government  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Canal  Zone,  salaries  of  dis- 
trict judge  $6,000,  district  attorney,  $5,000,  marshal  $5,000,  and  for  gratuities 
and  necessary  clothing  for  indigent  discharged  prisoners,  $700,000; 

In  all,  $13,155,000,  to  be  immediately  available  and  to  continue  available  until 
expended :  Provided,  That  all  expenditures  from  the  appropriations  heretofore, 
herein,  and  hereafter  made  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  includ- 
ing any  portion  of  such  appropriations  which  may  be  used  for  the  construction 
of  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks,  wharves,  warehouses,  storehouses, 
and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurtenances,  for  the  purpose  of  providing 

1  Later  amended  to  read  $10,000 ;  see  page  166. 


152    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and  supplies,  for  the  construction  of 
office  buildings  and  quarters,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  exclusive  of  forti- 
fications, colliers,  dock  six  at  Cristobal,  coal  barges,  and  repairs,  alterations, 
and  reboilering  of  steamships  Ancon  and  Cristobal,  and  exclusive  of  the  fair 
value  of  the  American  Legation  building  in  Panama,  as  approved  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  and  Secretary  of  State,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  used  for 
operating  and  maintaining  the  canal,  and  exclusive  of  the  amount  expended  for 
sanitation  and  civil  government  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  may  be  paid  from  or  reimbursed  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States 
out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds  authorized  in  section  eight  of  the  said 
Act  approved  June  twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  section  thirty- 
nine  of  the  tariff  Act  approved  August  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

Except  in  cases  of  emergency,  or  conditions  arising  subsequent  to  and  un- 
forseen  at  the  time  of  submitting  the  annual  estimates  to  Congress,  and  except 
for  those  employed  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  permanent  quarters, 
offices,  and  other  necessary  buildings,  dry  docks,  repair  shops,  yards,  docks, 
wharves,  warehouses,  storehouses,  and  other  necessary  facilities  and  appurte- 
nances for  the  purpose  of  providing  coal  and  other  materials,  labor,  repairs,  and 
supplies,  and  except  for  the  permanent  operating  organization  under  which 
the  compensation  of  the  various  positions  is  limited  by  section  four  of  the 
Panama  Canal  Act,  there  shall  not  be  employed  at  any  time  during  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen  under  any  of  the  foregoing  appropriations 
for  the  Panama  Canal,  any  greater  number  of  persons  than  are  specified  in  the 
notes  submitted  respectively  in  connection  with  the  estimates  for  each  of  said 
appropriations  in  the  annual  Book  of  Estimates  for  said  year,  nor  shall  there 
be  paid  to  any  such  person  during  that  fiscal  year  any  greater  rate  of  compen- 
sation than  was  authorized  to  be  paid  to  persons  occupying  the  same  or  like 
positions  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen;  and  all  em- 
ployments made  or  compensation  increased  because  of  emergencies  or  conditions 
so  arising  shall  be  specifically  set  forth,  with  the  reasons  therefor,  by  the 
governor  in  his  report  for  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  sums  there  is  appropriated,  for  the  fiscal  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  for  expenditure  and  reinvestment  under  the 
several  heads  of  appropriation  aforesaid  without  being  covered  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States,  all  moneys  received  by  the  Panama  Canal  from 
services  rendered  or  materials  and  supplies  furnished  to  the  United  States,  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  the  Canal  Zone  government,  or  to  their  employees, 
respectively,  or  to  the  Panama  Government,  from  hotel  and  hospital  supplies 
and  services ;  from  rentals,  wharfage,  and  like  services ;  from  labor,  materials, 
and  supplies  and  other  services  furnished  to  vessels  other  than  those  passing 
through  the  canal,  and  to  others  unable  to  obtain  the  same  elsewhere ;  from  the 
sale  of  scrap  and  other  by-products  of  manufacturing  and  shop  operations ;  from 
the  sale  of  obsolete  and  unserviceable  materials,  supplies,  and  equipment  pur- 
chased or  acquired  for  the  operation,  maintenance,  protection,  sanitation,  and 
government  of  the  canal  and  Canal  Zone ;  and  any  net  profits  accruing  from  such 
business  to  the  Panama  Canal  shall  annually  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  of  the 
United  States. 

In  addition  there  is  appropriated  for  the  operation,  maintenance,  and  exten- 
sion of  waterworks,  sewers,  and  pavements  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon, 
during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  the  necessary  portions 
of  such  sums  as  shall  be  paid  as  water  rentals  or  directly  by  the  Government  of 
Panama  for  such  expenses. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  amounts  there  is  appropriated,  out  of  any  money 
hereafter  received  as  tolls,  before  such  money  is  covered  into  the  Treasury  as 
miscellaneous  receipts,  amounts  necessary  to  refund  to  the  parties  entitled 
thereto  amounts  which  heretofore  or  may  hereafter  be  erroneously  received  as 
tolls  and  covered  into  the  Treasury  as  miscellaneous  receipts. 

Upon  the  application  of  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior  is  authorized  to  transfer  to  Saint  Elizabeths  Hospital,  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  for  treatment  all  American  citizens  legally  adjudged  insane 
in  the  Canal  Zone  whose  legal  residence  in  one  of  the  States  and  Territories  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  it  has  been  impossible  to  establish.  Upon  the  ascer- 
tainment of  the  legal  residence  of  persons  so  transferred  to  the  hospital;  the 
superintendent  of  the  hospital  shall  thereupon  transfer  such  persons  to  their 
respective  places  of  residence,  and  the  expenses  attendant  thereon  shall  be  paid 
from  the  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  hospital. 


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FORTIFICATIONS,  PANAMA   CANAL. 

For  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama  Canal,  to  be  imme- 
diately available  and  to  continue  available  until  expended,  namely : 

For  maintenance  of  clearings  and  trails,  $20,000; 

For  protection,  preservation,  and  repair  of  fortifications,  including  structures 
erected  for  torpedo  defense,  and  for  maintaining  channels  for  access  to 
torpedo  wharves,  $10,000; 

For  maintenance  and  repair  of  searchlights  and  electric  light  and  power 
equipment  for  fortifications,  and  for  tools,  electrical  and  other  supplies,  and 
appliances  to  be  used  in  their  operation,  $7,500 ; 

For  the  construction  of  seacoast  batteries,  $332,000; 

Submarine  base  (Coco  Solo  Point)  :  For  dredging  inner  basin  and  channel 
to  same,  concrete  dock,  containing  walls,  finger  docks,  tracks,  dry  fill,  electrical 
work,  shops,  storehouses,  stationary  crane,  magazines  and  torpedo  storage,  shop 
and  power  tools,  and  plant  equipment,  $750,000:  Provided,  That  the  construc- 
tion work  hereunder  shall,  be  performed  under  the  direction  of  the  governor  of 
the  Panama  Canal ; 

For  the  construction  and  development  of  an  aeronautic  station  on  the  Canal 
Zone,  $250,000; 

For  alteration,  maintenance,  and  repair  of  submarine  mine  materiel,  $2,500; 

For  operation  and  maintenance  of  fire-control  installations  at  seacoast  de- 
fenses, $10,000; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  maintenance,  operation,  and  repair  of  airships 
and  other  aerial  machines,  buildings  for  equipment,  and  other  accessories  neces- 
sary in  the  aviation  section  for  use  in  connection  wTith  the  seacoast  defenses  of 
the' Panama  Canal,  $500,000:  Provided,  That  the  construction  of  buildings  here- 
under shall  be  performed  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal ; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  seacoast  cannon  for  coast  defense, 
including  their  carriages,  sights,  implements,  equipments,  and  the  machinery 
necessary  for  their  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $468,000 ; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  and 
land  defense  cannon,  including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  there- 
with, and  the  machinery  necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arsenals, 
$1,985,000:  Provided,  That  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  United  States  Army,  is 
authorized  to  enter  into  contracts  or  otherwise  incur  obligations  for  the  pur- 
poses above  mentioned  not  to  exceed  $700,000  in  addition  to  the  appropriations 
herein  and  heretofore  made: 

For  the  alteration,  maintenance,  and  installation  of  the  seacoast  artillery, 
including  the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  machinery,  tools,  and  materials 
necessary  for  the  work,  and  expenses  of  civilian  mechanics,  and  extra-duty 
pay  of  enlisted  men  engaged  thereon,  $335,000 ; 

Ordnance  Depot :  For  a  building  for  storing  artillery  vehicles,  $8.500 ; 

For  necessary  equipment,  including  machinery  and  its  installation,  for  the 
ordnance  repair  shops,  $40,000; 

For  two  magazines,  $34,000; 

For  a  building  for  storing  lumber,  targets,  and  so  forth,  $4,000 ; 

The  appropriations  of  $160,000  for  one  dock  and  $100,000  for  necessary 
dredging  for  the  Ordnance  Depot  for  the  Panama  Canal,  contained  in  the 
general  deficiency  appropriation  Act,  approved  September  eighth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  sixteen,  are  repealed; 

In  all,  $86,500; 

In  all,  specifically  for  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  $4,756.500. 

Provided,  That  no  part  of  the  appropriations  made  in  this  Act  shall  be  avail- 
able for  the  salary  or  pay  of  any  officer,  manager,  superintendent,  foreman,  or 
other  person  having  charge  of  the  work  of  any  employee  of  the  United  States 
while  making  or  causing  to  be  made  with  a  stop  watch,  or  other  time-measuring 
device,  a  time  study  of  any  job  of  any  such  employee  between  the  starting  and 
completion  thereof,  or  of  the  movements  of  any  such  employee  while  engaged 
upon  such  works ;  nor  shall  any  part  of  the  appropriations  made  in  this  Act  be 
available  to  pay  any  premium  or  bonus  or  cash  reward  to  any  employee  in 
addition  to  his  regular  wages,  except  for  suggestions  resulting  in  improvements 
or  economy  in  the  operation  of  any  Government  plant. 

SEC.  2.  That  to  provide,  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen, 
for  increased  compensation  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  centum  per  annum  to  em- 


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ployees  who  receive  salaries  at  a  rate  per  annum  less  than  $1,200,  and  for 
increased  compensation  at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum  to  employees 
who  receive  salaries  at  a  rate  not  more  than  $1,800  per  annum  and  not  less 
than  $1,200  per  annum,  so  much  as  may  be  necessary  is  appropriated :  Provided, 
That  this  section  shall  only  apply  to  the  employees  who  are  appropriated  for  in 
this  Act  specifically  and  under  lump  sums  or  whose  employment  is  authorized 
herein,  but  shall  not  include  employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  the  Canal 
Zone:  Provided  further,  That  detailed  reports  shall  be  submitted  to  Congress 
on  the  first  day  of  the  next  session  showing  the  number  of  persons,  the  grades 
or  character  of  positions,  the  original  rates  of  compensation,  and  the  increased 
rates  of  compensation  provided  for  herein. 

SEC.  3.  That  all  sums  appropriated  by  this  act  for  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Government  shall  be  in  full  for  such  salaries  for  the  fiscal 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  to  the  extent 
they  are  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  repealed. 

Approved,  June  12,  1917. 

An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
Military  and  Naval  Establishments  on  account  of  war  expenses  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appropriated, 
out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply,  urgent 
deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  Military  and  Naval  Establishments  on  ac- 
count of  war  expenses  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  seventeen,  and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 

*  *  ***** 

MILITARY  ESTABLISHMENT. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  DEPARTMENT:  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hos- 
pital supplies,  including  gas  masks,  motor  ambulances,  and  motorcycles  for 
medical  service,  their  maintenance,  repair,  and  operation,  and  disinfectants,  and 
the  purchase  and  exchange  of  typewriting  machines  for  military  posts,  camps, 
hospitals,  hospital  ships  and  transports,  and  supplies  required  for  mos- 
quito destruction  in  and  about  the  military  posts  in  the  Canal  Zone  *  *  * 
$29,780,000. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

PANAMA  CANAL  FORTIFICATIONS. 

For  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama  Canal,  namely : 

For  the  construction  of  seacoast  batteries  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $5,000 ; 

For  land  defenses,  Panama  Canal,  including  the  procurement  and  installation 
of  searchlights,  purchase  of  armored  cars  and  locomotives,  construction  of  roads 
and  surveys  incidental  thereto,  $29,500 ; 

For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  electric  light  and  power  plants  for  the 
seacoast  fortifications  on  the  Canal  Zone,  $55,000 ; 

For  the  purchase  and  installation  of  searchlights  for  the  seacoast  fortifica- 
tions on  the  Canal  Zone,  $78,774 ; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  seacoast  cannon  for  coast  defense, 
including  their  carriages,  sights,  implements,  equipments,  and  the  machinery 
necessary  for  their  manufacture  at  the  arsenals,  $1,775,000 ; 

For  the  purchase,  manufacture,  and  test  of  ammunition  for  seacoast  and  land- 
defense  cannon,  including  the  necessary  experiments  in  connection  therewith, 
and  the  machinery  necessary  for  its  manufacture  at  the  arseals,  $1,415,000 ; 

For  alteration,  maintenance,  and  installation  of  the  seacoast  artillery,  includ- 
ing the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  machinery,  tools,  and  materials  necessary 
for  the  work,  and  expenses  of  civilian  mechanics,  and  extra-duty  pay  of  enlisted 
men  engaged  thereon,  $665,000 : 

For  the  purchase  of  submarine  mines  and  nets  and  the  necessary  appliances 
to  operate  them  for  closing  the  channels  leading  to  the  Panama  Canal,  $250,000 ; 


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For  alteration,  maintenance,  and  repair  of  submarine  mine  materiel,  $47,500 ; 

Ordnance  depot,  Panama  Canal :  For  an  additional  amount  for  a  building  for 
storing  lumber,  targets,  and  so  forth,  $200 ; 

In  all,  specifically  fqr  fortifications  and  armament  thereof  for  the  Panama 
Canal,  $4,320,974. 

******* 

SEC.  2.  That  the  appropriations  contained  in  this  Act,  unless  otherwise  speci- 
fied herein,  shall  be  available  during  the  fiscal  years  nineteen  hundred  and  seven- 
teen and  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  appropriations  contained  herein  shall  be  available  for  the  pay- 
ment of  obligations  on  account  of  the  existing  emergency  incurred  prior  to  the 
passage  of  this  Act  and  which  are  properly  chargeable  to  such  appropriations. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  service  of  all  persons  selected  by  draft  and  all  enlistments 
under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  authorize  the  President  to 
increase  temporarily  the  Military  Establishment  of  the  United  States,"  ap- 
proved May  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  shall  be  for  the  period 
of  the  war,  unless  sooner  terminated  by  discharge  or  otherwise.  Whenever 
said  war  shall  cease  by  the  conclusion  of  peace  between  the  United  States  and 
its  enemies  in  the  present  war,  the  President  shall  so  declare  by  a  public  procla- 
mation to  that  effect,  and  within  four  months  after  the  date  of  said  proclama- 
tion or  as  soon  thereafter  as  it  may  be  practicable  to  transport  the  forces  then 
serving  without  the  United  States  to  their  home  station,  the  provisions  of  said 
Act,  in  so  far  as  they  authorize  compulsory  service  by  selective  draft  or  other- 
wise, shall  cease  to  be  of  force  and  effect. 

SEC.  5.  That,  in  addition  to  the  reports  now  required  by  law,  the  Secretaries 
of  the  Treasury,  War,  and  Navy  shall  each  on  the  first  Monday  in  December, 
nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  annually  thereafter,  transmit  to  the  Con- 
gress a  detailed  statement  of  all  expenditures  under  this  Act. 

Approved  June  15,  1917. 

An  Act  To  punish  acts  of  interference  with  the  foreign  relations,  the  neutrality,  and  the 
foreign  commerce  of  the  United  States,  to  punish  espionage,  and  better  to  enforce  the 
criminal  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled: 

TITLE  I. 

ESPIONAGE. 

SECTION  1.  That  (a)  whoever,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  information  re- 
specting the  national  defense  with  intent  or  reason  to  believe  that  the  informa- 
tion to  be  obtained  is  to  be  used  to  the  injury  of  the  United  States,  or  to  the 
advantage  of  any  foreign  nation,  goes  upon,  enters,  flies  over,  or  otherwise 
obtains  information  concerning  any  vessel,  aircraft,  work  of  defense,  navy  yard, 
naval  station,  submarine  base,  coaling  station,  fort,  battery,  torpedo  station, 
dockyard,  canal,  railroad,  arsenal,  camp,  factory,  mine,  telegraph,  telephone, 
wireless,  or  signal  station,  building,  office,  or  other  place  connected  with  the 
national  defense,  owTied  or  constructed,  or  in  progress  of  construction  by  the 
United  States  or  under  the  control  of  the  United  States  or  of  any  of  its  officers 
or  agents,  or  within  the  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  any  place 
in  which  any  vessel,  aircraft,  arms,  munitions,  or  other  materials  or  instru- 
ments for  use  in  time  of  war  are  being  made,  prepared,  repaired,  or  stored, 
under  any  contract  or  agreement  with  the  United  States,  or  with  any  person  on 
behalf  of  the  United  States,  or  otherwise  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  or 
any  prohibited  place  within  the  meaning  of  section  six  of  this  title;  or  (b)  who- 
ever for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  and  with  like  intent  or  reason  to  believe,  copies, 
takes,  makes,  or  obtains,  or  attempts,  or  induces  or  aids  another  to  copy,  take, 
make,  or  obtain,  any  sketch,  photograph,  photographic  negative,  blue  print,  plan, 
map,  model,  instrument,  appliance,  document,  writing,  or  note  of  anything  con- 
nected with  the  national  defense;  or  (c)  whoever,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid, 
receives  or  obtains  or  agrees  or  attempts  or  induces  or  aids  another  to  receive 
or  obtain  from  any  person,  or  from  any  source  whatever,  any  document,  writ- 
ing, code  book,  signal  book,  sketch,  photograph,  photographic  negative,  blue 
print,  plan,  map,  model,  instrument,  appliance,  or  note,  of  anything  connected 


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with  the  national  defense,  knowing  or  having  reason  to  believe,  at  the  time  he 
receives  or  obtains,  or  agrees  or  attempts  or  induces  or  aids  another  to  receive 
or  obtain  it,  that  it  has  been  or  will  be  obtained,  taken,  made  or  disposed  of  by 
any  person  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  title;  or  (d)  whoever,  lawfully  or 
unlawfully  having  possession  of,  access  to,  control  over,  or  being  intrusted  with 
any  document,  writing,  code  book,  signal  book,  sketch,  photograph,  photographic 
negative,  blue  print,  plan,  map,  model,  instrument,  appliance,  or  note  relating 
to  the  national  defense,  willfully  communicates  or  transmits  or  attempts  to 
communicate  or  transmit  the  same  to  any  person  not  entitled  to  receive  it,  or 
willfully  retains  the  same  and  fails  to  deliver  it  on  demand  to  the  officer  or 
employee  of  the  United  States  entitled  to  receive  it;  or  (e)  whoever,  being  in- 
trusted with  or  having  lawful  possession  or  control  of  any  document,  writing, 
code  book,  signal  book,  sketch,  photograph,  photographic  negative,  blue  print, 
plan,  map,  model,  note,  or  information,  relating  to  the  national  defense,  through 
gross  negligence  permits  the  same  to  be  removed  from  its  proper  place  of  cus- 
tody or  delivered  to  anyone  in  violation  of  his  trust,  or  to  be  lost,  stolen,  ab- 
stracted, or  destroyed,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $10,000,  or 
by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  two  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  2.  (a)  Whoever,  with  intent  or  reason  to  believe  that  it  is  to  be  used 
to  the  injury  of  the  United  States  or  to  the  advantage  of  a  foreign  nation, 
communicates,  delivers,  or  transmits,  or  attempts  to,  or  aids  or  induces  another 
to,  communicate,  deliver,  or  transmit,  to  any  foreign  government,  or  to  any 
faction  or  party  or  military  or  naval  force  within  a  foreign  country,  whether 
recognized  or  unrecognized  by  the  United  States,  or  to  any  representative,  offi- 
cer, agent,  employee,  subject,  or  citizen  thereof,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
any  document,  writing,  code  book,  signal  book,  sketch,  photograph,  photographic 
negative,  blue  print,  plan,  map,  model,  note,  instrument,  appliance,  or  informa- 
tion relating  to  the  national  defense,  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for 
not  more  than  twenty  years :  Provided,  That  whoever  shall  violate  the  provi- 
sions of  subsection  (a)  of  this  section  in  time  of  war  shall  be  punished  by 
death  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty  years;  and  (b)  whoever, 
in  time  of  war,  with  intent  that  the  same  shall  be  communicated  to  the  enemy, 
shall  collect,  record,  publish,  or  communicate,  or  attempt  to  elicit  any  informa- 
tion with  respect  to  the  movement,  numbers,  description,  condition,  or  disposi- 
tion of  any  of  the  armed  forces,  ships,  aircraft,  or  war  materials  of  the  United 
States,  or  with  respect  to  the  plans  or  conduct,  or  supposed  plans  or  conduct 
of  any  naval  or  military  operations,  or  with  respect  to  any  works  or  measures 
undertaken  for  or  connected  writh,  or  intended  for  the  fortification  or  defense 
of  any  place,  or  any  other  information  relating  to  the  public  defense,  which 
might  be  useful  to  the  enemy,  shall  be  punished  by  death  or  by  imprisonment 
for  not  more  than  thirty  years. 

SEC.  3.  Whoever,  when  the  United  States  is  at  war,  shall  willfully  make  or 
convey  false  reports  or  false  statements  with  intent  to  interfere  with  the 
operation  or  success  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  or 
to  promote  the  success  of  its  enemies  and  whoever,  when  the  United  States  is  at 
war,  shall  willfully  cause  or  attempt  to  cause  insubordination,  disloyalty,  mu- 
tiny, or  refusal  of  duty  in  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States, 
or  shall  willfully  obstruct  the  recruiting  or  enlistment  service  of  the  United 
States,  to  the  injury  of  the  service  or  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $10,000  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  twenty 
years,  or  both. 

SEC.  4.  If  two  or  more  persons  conspire  to  violate  the  provisions  of  sections 
two  or  three  of  this  title,  and  one  or  more  of  such  persons  does  any  act  to  effect 
the  object  of  the  conspiracy,  each  of  the  parties  to  such  conspiracy  shall  be 
punished  as  in  said  sections  provided  in  the  case  of  the  doing  of  the  act  the 
accomplishment  of  which  is  the  object  of  such  conspiracy.  Except  as  above 
provided  conspiracies  to  commit  offenses  under  this  title  shall  be  punished  as 
provided  by  section  thirty-seven  of  the  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and  amend  the 
penal  laws  of  the  United  States  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine. 

SEC.  5.  Whoever  harbors  or  conceals  any  person  who  he  knows,  or  has  rea- 
sonable grounds  to  believe  or  suspect,  has  committed,  or  is  about  to  commit, 
an  offense  under  this  title  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $10,000 
or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  two  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  6.  The  President  in  time  of  war  or  in  case  of  national  emergency  may 
by  proclamation  designate  any  place  other  than  those  set  forth  in  subsection 


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(a)  of  section  one  hereof  in  which  anything  for  the  use  of  the  Army  or  Navy 
is  being  prepared  or  constructed  or  stored  as  a  prohibited  place  for  the  purposes 
of  this  title:  Provided,  That  he  shall  determine  that  information  with  respect 
thereto  would  be  prejudicial  to  the  national  defense. 

SEC.  7.  Nothing  contained  in  this  title  shall  be  deemed  to  limit  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  general  courts-martial,  military  commissions,  or  naval  courts-martial 
under  sections  thirteen  hundred  and  forty-two,  thirteen  hundred  and  forty- 
three,  and  sixteen  hundred  and  twenty-four  of  the  Revised  Statutes  as  amended. 

SEC.  8.  The  provisions  of  this  title  shall  extend  to  all  Territories,  posses- 
sions, and  places  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  whether  or  not 
contiguous  thereto,  and  offenses  under  this  title  when  committed  upon  the  high 
seas  or  elsewhere  within  the  admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States  and  outside  the  territorial  limits  thereof  shall  be  punishable  hereunder. 

SEC.  9.  The  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  prevent  the  disclosure  of  national  de- 
fense secrets,"  approved  March  third,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  is  hereby 
repealed. 

TITLE  II. 

VESSELS  IN  PORTS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

SECTION  1.  Whenever  the  President  by  proclamation  or  Executive  order  de- 
clares a  national  emergency  to  exist  by  reason  of  actual  or  threatened  war, 
insurrection,  or  invasion,  or  disturbance  or  threatened  disturbance  of  the  inter- 
national relations  of  the  United  States,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may 
make,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President,  rules  and  regulations  governing 
the  anchorage  and  movement  of  any  vessel,  foreign  or  domestic,  in  the  terri- 
torial waters  of  the  United  States,  may  inspect  such  vessel  at  any  time,  place 
guards  thereon,  and,  if  necessary  in  his  opinion  in  order  to  secure  such  vessels 
from  damage  or  injury,  or  to  prevent  damage  or  injury  to  any  harbor  or  waters 
of  the  United  States,  or  to  secure  the  observance  of  the  rights  and  obligations 
of  the  United  States,  may  take,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  President,  for 
such  purposes,  full  possession  and  control  of  such  vessel  and  remove  therefrom 
the  officers  and  crew  thereof  and  all  other  persons  not  specially  authorized  by 
him  to  go  or  remain  on  board  thereof. 

Within  the  territory  and  waters  or  the  Canal  Zone  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  with  the  approval  of  the  President,  shall  exercise  all  the  powers 
conferred  by  this  section  on  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

SEC.  2.  If  any  owner,  agent,  master,  officer,  or  person  in  charge,  or  any  mem- 
ber of  the  crew  of  any  such  vessel  fails  to  comply  with  any  regulation  or  rule 
issued  or  order  given  by  the  Secrtary  of  the  Treasury  or  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  under  the  provisions  of  this  title,  or  obstructs  or  interferes  with 
the  exercise  of  any  power  conferred  by  this  title,  the  vessel,  together  with  her 
tackle,  apparel,  furniture,  and  equipment,  shall  be  subject  to  seizure  and  for- 
feiture to  the  United  States  in  the  same  manner  as  merchandise  is  forfeited 
for  violation  of  the  customs  revenue  laws ;  and  the  person  guilty  of  such  failure, 
obstruction,  or  interference  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $10,000,  or  imprisoned 
not  more  than  two  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  master  or  any  other  person  in 
charge  or  command  of  any  private  vessel,  foreign  or  domestic,  or  for  any 
member  of  the  crew  or  other  person,  within  the  territorial  waters  of  the  United 
States,  willfully  to  cause  or  permit  the  destruction  or  injury  of  such  vessel  or 
knowingly  to  permit  said  vessel  to  be  used  as  a  place  of  resort  for  any  person 
conspiring  with  another  or  preparing  to  commit  any  offense  against  the  United 
States,  or  in  violation  of  the  treaties  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  obligations 
of  the  United  States  under  the  law  of  nations,  or  to  defraud  the  United  States, 
or  knowingly  to  permit  such  vessels  to  be  used  in  violation  of  the  rights  and 
obligations  of  the  United  States  under  the  law  of  nations;  and  in  case  such 
vessel  shall  be  so  used,  with  the  knowledge  of  the  owner  or  master  or  other 
person  in  charge  or  command  thereof,  the  vessel,  together  with  her  tackle,  ap- 
parel, furniture,  and  equipment,  shall  be  subject  to  seizure  and  forfeiture  to 
the  United  States  in  the  same  manner  as  merchandise  is  forfeited  for  viola- 
tion of  the  customs  revenue  laws ;  and  whoever  violates  this  section  shall  be 
fined  not  more  than  $10,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  two  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  4.  The  President  may  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of 
the  United  States  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  carry  out  the  purpose  of  this 
title. 


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TITLE  III. 

INJURING  VESSELS    ENGAGED   IN    FOREIGN    COMMERCE. 

SECTION  1.  Whoever  shall  set  fire  to  any  vessel  of  foreign  registry,  or  any 
vessel  of  American  registry  entitled  to  engage  in  commerce  with  foreign  nations, 
or  to  any  vessel  of  the  United  States  as  defined  in  section  three  hundred  and 
ten  of  the  Act  of  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  entitled  "An  Act 
to  codify,  revise,  and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  or  to  the 
cargo  of  the  same,  or  shall  tamper  with  the  motive  power  or  instrumentalities 
of  navigation  of  such  vessel,  or  shall  place  bombs  or  explosives  in  or  upon 
such  vessel,  or  shall  do  any  other  act  to  or  upon  such  vessel  while  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or,  if  such  vessel  is  of  American  registry, 
while  she  is  on  the  high  sea,  with  intent  to  injure  or  endanger  the  safety  of 
the  vessel  or  of  her  cargo,  or  of  persons  on  board,  whether  the  injury  or  danger 
is  so  intended  to  take  place  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  after 
the  vessel  shall  have  departed  therefrom ;  or  whoever  shall  attempt  or  conspire 
to  do  any  such  acts  with  such  intent,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $10,000  or 
imprisoned  not  more  than  twenty  years,  or  both. 

TITLE  IV. 

INTERFERENCE  WITH  FOREIGN  COMMERCE  BY  VIOLENT  MEANS. 

SECTION  1.  Whoever,  with  intent  to  prevent,  interfere  with,  or  obstruct  or 
attempt  to  prevent,  interfere  with,  or  obstruct  the  exportation  to  foreign 
countries  of  articles  from  the  United  States  shall  injure  or  destroy,  by  fire  or 
explosives,  such  articles  or  the  places  where  they  may  be  while  in  such  foreign 
commerce,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $10,000,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  ten 
years,  or  both. 

TITLE  V. 

ENFORCEMENT    OF    NEUTRALITY. 

SECTION  1.  During  a  war  in  which  the  United  States  is  a  neutral  nation, 
the  President,  or  any  person  thereunto  authorized  by  him,  may  withhold  clear- 
ance from  or  to  any  vessel,  domestic  or  foreign,  which  is  required  by  law  to 
secure  clearance  before  departing  from  port  or  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States,  or,  by  service  of  formal  notice  upon  the  owner,  master,  or  person 
in  command  or  having  charge  of  any  domestic  vessel  not  required  by  law  to 
secure  clearances  before  so  departing,  to  forbid  its  departure  from  port,  or 
from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  whenever  there  is  reasonable  cause 
to  believe  that  any  such  vessel,  domestic  or  foreign,  whether  requiring  clearance 
or  not,  is  about  to  carry  fuel,  arms,  ammunition,  men,  supplies,  dispatches,  or 
information  to  any  warship,  tender,  or  supply  ship  of  a  foreign  belligerent 
nation  in  violation  of  the  laws,  treaties,  or  obligations  of  the  United  States 
under  the  law  of  nations;  and  it  shall  thereupon  be  unlawful  for  such  vessel 
to  depart. 

SEC.  2.  During  a  war  in  which  the  United  States  is  a  neutral  nation,  the 
President,  or  any  person  thereunto  authorized  by  him,  may  detain  any  armed 
vessel  owned  wholly  or  in  part  by  American  citizens,  or  any  vessel,  domestic 
or  foreign  (other  than  one  which  has  entered  the  ports  of  the  United  States 
as  a  public  vessel),  which  is  manifestly  built  for  warlike  purposes  or  has  been 
converted  or  adapted  from  a  private  vessel  to  one  .suitable  for  warlike  use, 
until  the  owner  or  master,  or  person  having  charge  of  such  vessel,  shall  furnish 
proof  satisfactory  to  the  President,  or  to  the  person  duly  authorized  by  him, 
that  the  vessel  will  not  be  employed  by  the  said  owners,  or  master,  or  person 
having  charge  thereof,  to  cruise  against  or  commit  or  attempt  to  commit  hos- 
tilities upon  the  subjects,  citizens,  or  property  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or 
of  any  colony,  district,  or  people  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  peace, 
and  that  the  said  vessel  will  not  be  sold  or  delivered  to  any  belligerent  nation. 
or  to  an  agent,  officer,  or  citizen  of  such  nation,  by  them  or  any  of  them,  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or,  having  left  that  jurisdiction,  upon 
the  high  seas. 

SEC.  3.  During  a  war  in  which  the  United  States  is  a  neutral  nation,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  to  send  out  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  any  vessel 


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built,  armed,  or  equipped  as  a  vessel  of  war,  or  converted  from  a  private  vessel 
into  a  vessel  of  war,  with  any  intent  or  under  any  agreement  or  contract, 
written  or  oral,  that  such  vessel  shall  be  delivered  to  a  belligerent  nation,  or 
to  an  agent,  officer,  or  citizen  of  such  nation,  or  with  reasonable  cause  to  believe 
that  the  said  vessel  shall  or  will  be  employed  in  the  service  of  any  such  bellig- 
erent nation  after  its  departure  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  4.  During  a  war  in  which  the  United  States  is  a  nejitral  nation,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  facts  required  by  sections  forty-one  hundred  and  ninety-seven, 
forty-one  hundred  and  ninety-eight,  and  forty-two  hundred  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  to  be  set  out  in  the  masters'  and  shippers'  manifests  before  clearance 
will  be  issued  to  vessels  bound  to  foreign  ports,  each  of  which  sections  of  the 
Revised  Statutes  is  hereby  declared  to  be  and  is  continued  in  full  force  and 
effect,  every  master  or  person  having  charge  or  command  of  any  vessel,  domestic 
or  foreign,  whether  requiring  clearance  or  not,  before  departure  of  such  vessel 
from  port  shall  deliver  to  the  collector  of  customs  for  the  district  wherein  such 
vessel  is  then  located  a  statement  duly  verified  by  oath,  that  the  cargo  or  any 
part  of  the  cargo  is  or  is  not  to  be  delivered  to  other  vessels  in  port  or  to  be 
transshipped  on  the  high 'seas  and,  if  it  is  to  be  so  delivered  or  transshipped, 
stating  the  kind  and  quantities  and  the  value  of  the  total  quantity  of  each 
kind  of  article  so  to  be  delivered  or  transshiped,  and  the  name  of  the  per- 
son, corporation,  vessel,  or  government,  to  whom  the  delivery  or  transship- 
ment is  to  be  made ;  and  the  owners,  shippers,  or  consignors  of  the  cargo  of  such 
vessel  shall  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same  conditions  deliver  to  the 
collector  like  statements  under  oath  as  to  the  cargo  or  the  parts  thereof  laden 
or  shipped  by  them,  respectively. 

SEC.  5.  Whenever  it  appears  that  the  vessel  is  not  entitled  to  clearance  or 
whenever  there  is  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that  the  additional  statements 
under  oath  required  in  the  foregoing  section  are  false,  the  collector  of  customs 
for  the  district  in  which  the  vessel  is  located  may,  subject  to  review  by  the 
Secretary  of  Commerce,  refuse  clearance  to  any  vessel,  domestic  or  foreign, 
and  by  formal  notice  served  upon  the  owners,  master,  or  person  or  persons  in 
command  or  charge  of  any  domestic  vessel  for  which  clearance  is  not  required 
by  law,  forbid  the  departure  of  the  vessel  from  the  port  or  from  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States;  and  it  shall  thereupon  be  unlawful  for  the  vessel  to 
depart. 

SEC.  6.  Whoever,  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  title,  shall  take, 
or  attempt  or  conspire  to  take,  or  authorize  the  taking  of  any  such  vessel,  out  of 
port  or  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
$10,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or  both ;  and,  in  addition,  such 
vessel,  her  tackle,  apparel,  furniture,  equipment,  and  her  cargo  shall  be  forfeited 
to  the  United  States. 

SEC.  7.  Whoever,  being  a  person  belonging  to  the  armed  land  or  naval  forces 
of  a  belligerent  nation  or  belligerent  faction  of  any  nation  and  being  interned  in 
the  United  States,  in  accordance  with  the  law  of  nations,  shall  leave  or 
attempt  to  leave  said  jurisdiction,  or  shall  leave  or  attempt  to  leave  the 
limits  of  internment  in  which  freedom  of  movement  has  been  allowed,  with- 
out permission  from  the  proper  official  of  the  United  States  in  charge,  or 
shall  willfully  overstay  a  leave  of  absence  granted  by  such  official,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  arrest  by  any  marshal  or  deputy  marshal  of  the  United  States,  or  by  the 
military  or  naval  authorities  thereof,  and  shall  be  returned  to  the  place  of  in- 
ternment and  there  confined  and  safely  kept  for  such  period  of  time  as  the 
official  of  the  United  States  in  charge  shall  direct;  and  whoever,  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  and  subject  thereto,  shall  aid  or  entice  any 
interned  person  to  escape  or  attempt  to  escape  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States,  or  from  the  limits  of  internment  prescribed,  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  $1,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  one  year,  or  both. 

SEC.  8.  Section  thirteen  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and 
amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

"  SEC.  13.  Whoever,  within  the  territory  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States 
or  of  any  of  its  possessions,  knowingly  begins  or  sets  on  foot  or  provides  or  pre- 
pares a  means  for  or  furnishes  the  money  for,  or  who  takes  part  in,  any  military 
or  naval  expedition  or  enterprise  to  be  carried  on  from  thence  against  the  terri- 
tory or  dominion  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any  colony,  district,  or 
people  with  whom  the  United  States  is  at  peace,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
$3,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  three  years,  or  both." 


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SEC.  9.  That  the  President  may  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this 
title. 

SEC.  10.  Section  fifteen  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and 
amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

"  SEC.  15.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land 
or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  from  the  United  States  or  any 
of  its  possessions  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the  law  of  nations  or  the  treaties  of 
the  United  States,  it  ought  not  to  remain,  and  to  detain  or  prevent  any  foreign 
vessel  from  so  departing  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the  law  of  nations  or  the 
treaties  of  the  United  States,  it  is  not  entitled  to  depart." 

SEC.  11.  The  joint  resolution  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  "  To  empower  the  President  to  better  enforce  and  maintain  the  neutrality 
of  the  United  States,"  and  any  Act  or  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  title  are  hereby  repealed. 

TITLE  VI. 

SEIZURE  OF  ARMS  AND  OTHER  ARTICLES  INTENDED  FOR  EXPORT. 

SECTION  1.  Whenever  an  attempt  is  made  to  export  or  ship  from  or  take  out 
of  the  United  States,  any  arms  or  munitions  of  war,  or  other  articles,  in  viola- 
tion of  law,  or  whenever  there  shall  be  known  or  probable  cause  to  believe  that 
any  such  arms  or  munitions  of  war,  or  other  articles,  are  being  or  are  intended 
to  be  exported,  or  shipped  from,  or  taken  out  of  the  United  States,  in  violation 
of  law,  the  several  collectors,  naval  officers,  surveyors,  inspectors  of  customs, 
and  marshals,  and  deputy  marshals  of  the  United  States,  and  every  other  person 
duly  authorized  for  the  purpose  by  the  President,  may  seize  and  detain  any 
articles  or  munitions  of  war  about  to  be  exported  or  shipped  from,  or  taken  out 
of  the  United  States,  in  violation  of  law,  and  the  vessels  or  vehicles  containing 
the  same,  and  retain  possession  thereof  until  released  or  disposed  of  as  herein- 
after directed.  If  upon  due  inquiry  as  hereinafter  provided,  the  property  seized 
shalL  appear  to  have  been  about  to  be  so  unlawfully  exported,  shipped  from,  or 
taken  out  of  the  United  States,  the  same  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  United  States. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  making  any  seizure  under  this  title 
to  apply,  with  due  diligence,  to  the  judge  of  the  district  court  of  the  United 
States,  or  to  the  judge  of  the  United  States  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or 
to  the  judge  of  a  court  of  first  instance  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  having  juris- 
diction over  the  place  within  which  the  seizure  is  made,  for  a  warrant  to  justify 
the  further  detention  of  the  property  so  seized,  which  warrant  shall  be  granted 
only  on  oath  or  affirmation  showing  that  there  is  known  or  probable  cause  to 
believe  that  the  property  seized  is  being  or  is  intended  to  be  exported  or  shipped 
from  or  taken  out  of  the  United  States  in  violation  of  law;  and  if  the  judge 
refuses  to  issue  the  warrant,  or  application  therefor  is  not  made  by  the  person 
making  the  seizure  within  a  reasonable  time,  not  exceeding  ten  days  after  the 
seizure,  the  property  shall  forthwith  be  restored  to  the  owner  or  person  from 
whom  seized.  If  the  judge  is  satisfied  that  the  seizure  was  justified  under  the 
provisions  of  this  title  and  issues  his  warrant  accordingly,  then  the  property 
shall  be  detained  by  the  person  seizing  it  until  the  President,  who  is  hereby 
expressly  authorized  so  to  do,  orders  it  to  be  restored  to  the  owner  or  claimant, 
or  until  it  is  discharged  in  due  course  of  law  on  petition  of  the  claimant,  or  on 
trial  of  condemnation  proceedings,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  3.  The  owner  or  claimant  of  any  property  seized  under  this  title  may,  at 
any  time  before  condemnation  proceedings  have  been  instituted,  as  hereinafter 
provided,  file  his  petition  for  its  restoration  in  the  district  court  of  the  United 
States,  or  the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  court  of  first  instance  in 
the  Philippine  Islands,  having  jurisdiction  over  the  place  in  which  the  seizure 
was  made,  whereupon  the  court  shall  advance  the  cause  for  hearing  and  de- 
termination with  all  possible  dispatch,  and,  after  causing  notice  to  be  given  to 
the  United  States  attorney  for  the  district  and  to  the  person  making  the  seizure, 
shall  proceed  to  hear  and  decide  whether  the  property  seized  shall  be  restored  to 
the  petitioner  or  forfeited  to  the  United  States. 

SEC.  4.  Whenever  the  person  making  any  seizure  under  this  title  applies  for 
and  obtains  a  warrant  for  the  detention  of  the  property,  and  (a)  upon  the  hear- 


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ing  and  determination  of  the  petition  of  the  owner  or  claimant  restoration  is 
denied,  or  (b)  the  owner  or  claimant  fails  to  file  a  petition  for  restoration 
within  thirty  days  after  the  seizure,  the  United  States  attorney  for  the  district 
wherein  it  was  seized,  upon  direction  of  the  Attorney  General,  shall  institute 
libel  proceedings  in  the  United  States  district  court  or  the  district  court  of  the 
Canal  Zone  or  the  court  of  first  instance  of  the  Philippine  Islands  having  juris- 
diction over  the  place  wherein  the  seizure  was  made,  against  the  property  for 
condemnation ;  and  if,  after  trial  and  hearing  of  the  issues  involved,  the  prop- 
erty is  condemned,  it  shall  be  disposed  of  by  sale,  and  the  proceeds  thereof,  less 
the  legal  costs  and  charges,  paid  into  the  Treasury. 

SEC.  5.  The  proceedings  in  such  summary  trials  upon  the  petition  of  the 
owner  or  claimant  of  the  property  seized,  as  well  as  in  the  libel  cases  herein 
provided  for,  shall  conform,  as  near  as  may  be,  to  the  proceedings  in  admiralty, 
except  that  either  party  may  demand  trial  by  jury  of  any  issue  of  fact  joined 
in  such  libel  cases,  and  all  such  proceedings  shall  be  at  the  suit  of  and  in  the 
name  of  the  United  States :  Provided,  That  upon  the  payment  of  the  costs  and 
legal  expenses  of  both  the  summary  trials-  and  the  libel  proceedings  herein  pro- 
vided for,  and  the  execution  and  delivery  of  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  an 
amount  double  the  value  of  the  property  seized,  conditioned  that  it  will  not  be 
exported  or  used  or  employed  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  title,  the  court, 
in  its  discretion,  may  direct  that  it  be  delivered  to  the  owners  thereof  or  to  the 
claimants  thereof. 

SEC.  6.  Except  in  those  cases  in  which  the  exportation  of  arms  and  munitions 
of  war  or  other  articles  is  forbidden  by  proclamation  or  otherwise  by  the  Presi- 
dent, as  provided  in  section  one  of  this  title,  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be 
construed  to  extend  to,  or  interfere  with  any  trade  in  such  commodities,  con- 
ducted with  any  foreign  port  or  place  wheresoever,  or  with  any  other  trade 
which  might  have  been  lawfully  carried  on  before  the  passage  of  this  title, 
under  the  law  of  nations,  or  under  the  treaties  or  conventions  entered  into  by 
the  United  States,  or  under  the  laws  thereof. 

SEC.  7.  Upon  payment  of  the  costs  and  legal  expenses  incurred  in  any  such 
summary  trial  for  possession  or  libel  proceedings,  the  President  is  hereby 
authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  order  the  release  and  restoration  to  the  owner 
or  claimant,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  any  property  seized  or  condemned  under  the 
provisions  of  this  title. 

SEC.  8.  The  President  may  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of 
the  United  States  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this 
title. 

TITLE  VII. 

CERTAIN   EXPORTS   IN   TIME  OF   WAR  UNLAWFUL. 

SECTION  1.  Whenever  during  the  present  \var  the  President  shall  find  that 
the  public  safety  shall  so  require,  and  shall  make  proclamation  thereof,  it  shall 
be  unlawful  to  export  from  or  ship  from  or  take  out  of  the  United  States  to 
any  country  named  in  such  proclamation  any  article  or  articles  mentioned  in 
such  proclamation,  except  at  such  time  or  times,  and  under  such  regulations 
and  orders,  and  subject  to  such  limitations  and  exceptions  as  the  President 
shall  prescribe,  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  President  or  by  Congress:  Pro- 
rided,  hoicever,  That  no  preference  shall  be  given  to  the  ports  of  one  State  over 
those  of  another. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  export,  ship,  or  take  out,  or  deliver  or  attempt 
to  deliver  for  export,  shipment,  or  taking  out,  any  article  in  violation  of  this 
title,  or  of  any  regulation  or  order  made  hereunder,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
$10,000,  or,  if  a  natural  person,  imprisoned  for  not  more  than  two  years,  or  both ; 
and  any  article  so  delivered  or  exported,  shipped,  or  taken  out,  or  so  attempted 
to  be  delivered  or  exported,  shipped,  or  taken  out,  shall  be  seized  and  forfeited 
to  the  United  States;  and  any  officer,  director,  or  agent  of  a  corporation  who 
participates  in  any  such  violation  shall  be  liable  to  like  fine  or  imprisonment,  or 
both. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  there  is  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that  any  vessel,  domestic 
or  foreign,  is  about  to  carry  out  of  the  United  States  any  article  or  articles  in 
violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  title,  the  collector  of  customs  for  the  district 
in  which  such  vessel  is  located  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  subject  to 
review  by  the  Secretary  of  Commerce,  to  refuse  clearance  to  any  such  vessel, 

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domestic  or  foreign,  for  which  clearance  is  required  by  law,  and  by  formal  notice 
served  upon  the  owners,  master,  or  person  or  persons  in  command  or  charge  of 
any  domestic  vessel  for  which  clearance  is  not  required  by  law,  to  forbid  the 
departure  of  such  vessel  from  the  port,  and  it  shall  thereupon  be  unlawful  for 
such  vessel  to  depart.  Whoever,  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  take,  or  attempt  to  take,  or  authorize  the  taking  of  any  such  vessel, 
out  of  port  or  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  fined  not  more 
than  $10,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  two  years,  or  both ;  and,  in  addition, 
such  vessel,  her  tackle,  apparel,  furniture,  equipment,  and  her  forbidden  cargo 
shall  be  forfeited  to  the  United  States. 

TITLE  VIII. 

DISTURBANCE  OF  FOREIGN   RELATIONS. 

SECTION  1.  Whoever,  in  relation  to  any  dispute  or  controversy  between  a  for- 
eign government  and  the  United  States,  shall  willfully  and  knowingly  make  any 
untrue  statement,  either  orally  or  in  writing,  under  oath  before  any  person 
authorized  and  empowered  to  administer  oaths,  which  the  affiant  has  knowledge 
or  reason  to  believe  will,  or  may  be  used  to  influence  the  measures  or  conduct 
of  any  foreign  government,  or  of  any  officer  or  agent  of  any  foreign  government, 
to  the  injury  of  the  United  States,  or  with  a  view  or  intent  to  influence  any 
measure  of  or  action  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or  any  branch 
thereof,  to  the  injury  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000 
or  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  2.  Whoever  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  shall  falsely 
assume  or  pretend  to  be  a  diplomatic  or  consular,  or  other  official  of  a  foreign 
government  duly  accredited  as  such  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States  with 
intent  to  defraud  such  foreign  government  or  any  person,  and  shall  take  upon 
himself  to  act  as  such,  or  in  such  pretended  character  shall  demand  or  obtain, 
or  attempt  to  obtain  from  any  person  or  from  said  foreign  government,  or  from 
any  officer  thereof,  any  money,  paper,  document,  or  other  thing  of  value,  shall 
be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  3.  Whoever,  other  than  a  diplomatic  or  consular  officer  or  attach^,  shall 
act  in  the  United  States  as  an  agent  of  a  foreign  government  without  prior 
notification  to  the  Secretary  of  State  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000,  or  im- 
prisoned not  more  than  five  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  4.  The  words  "  foreign  government,"  as  used  in  this  Act  and  in  sections 
one  hundred  and  fifty-six,  one  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
one,  one  hundred  and  seventy,  one  hundred  and  seventy-one,  one  hundred  and 
seventy-two,  one  hundred  and  seventy-three,  and  two  hundred  and  twenty  of  the 
Act  of  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify, 
revise,  and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  shall  be  deemed  to 
include  any  Government,  faction,  or  body  of  insurgents  within  a  country  with 
which  the  United  States  is  at  peace,  which  Government,  faction,  or  body  of  in- 
surgents may  or  may  not  have  been  recognized  by  the  United  States  as  a  Gov- 
ernment. 

SEC.  5.  If  two  or  more  persons  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States 
conspire  to  injure  or  destroy  specific  property  situated  within  a  foreign  country 
and  belonging  to  a  foreign  Government  or  to  any  political  subdivision  thereof 
with  which  the  United  States  is  at  peace,  or  any  railroad,  canal,  bridge,  or  other 
public  utility  so  situated,  and  if  one  or  more  of  such  persons  commits  an  act 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States-  to  effect  the  object  of  the  con- 
spiracy, each  of  the  parties  to  the  conspiracy  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000, 
or  imprisoned  not  more  than  three  years,  or  both.  Any  indictment  or  informa- 
tion under  this  section  shall  describe  the  specific  property  which  it  was  the 
object  of  the  conspiracy  to  injure  or  destroy. 

TITLE  IX. 
PASSPORTS. 

SECTION  1.  Before  a  passport  is  issued  to  any  person  by  or  under  authority 
of  the  United  States  such  person  shall  subscribe  to  and  submit  a  written  ap- 
plication duly  verified  by  his  oath  before  a  person  authorized  and  empowered  to 
administer  oaths,  which  said  application  shall  contain  a  true  recital  of  each 
and  every  matter  of  fact  which  may  be  required  by  law  or  by  any  rules  author- 
ized by  law  to  be  stated  as  a  prerequisite  to  the  issuance  of  any  such  passport, 


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Clerks  of  United  States  courts,  agents  of  the  Department  of  State,  or  other 
Federal  officials  authorized,  or  who  may  be  authorized,  to  take  passport  applica- 
tions and  administer  oaths  thereon,  shall  collect,  for  all  services  in  connection 
therewith,  a  fee  of  $1,  and  no  more,  in  lieu  of  all  fees  prescribed  by  any  statute 
of  the  United  States,  whether  the  application  is  executed  singly,  in  duplicate, 
or  in  triplicate. 

SEC.  2.  Whoever  shall  willfully  and  knowingly  make  any  false  statement  in  an 
application  for  passport  with  intent  to  induce  or  secure  the  issuance  of  a 
passport  under  the  authority  of  the  United  States,  either  for  his  own  use  or 
the  use  of  another,  contrary  to  the  laws  regulating  the  issuance  of  passports 
or  the  rules  prescribed  pursuant  to  such  laws,  or  whoever  shall  willfully  and 
knowingly  use  or  attempt  to  use,  or  furnish  to  another  for  use,  any  passport 
the  issue  of  which  was  secured  in  any  way  by  reason  of  any  false  statement, 
shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $2,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years 
or  both. 

SEC.  3.  Whoever  shall  willfully  and  knowingly  use,  or  attempt  to  use,  any 
passport  issued  or  designed  for  the  use  of  another  than  himself,  or  whoever 
shall  willfully  and  knowingly  use  or  attempt  to  use  any  passport  in  violation 
of  the  conditions  or  restrictions  therein  contained,  or  of  the  rules  prescribed 
pursuant  to  the  laws  regulating  the  issuance  of  passports,  which  said  rules 
shall  be  printed  on  the  passport;  or  whoever  shall  willfully  and  knowingly 
furnish,  dispose  of,  or  deliver  a  passport  to  any  person,  for  use  by  another  than 
the  person  for  whose  use  it  was  originally  issued  and  designed,  shall  be  fined 
not  more  than  $2,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  4.  Whoever  shall  falsely  make,  forge,  counterfeit,  mutilate,  or  alter,  or 
cause  or  procure  to  be  falsely  made,  forged,  counterfeited,  mutilated,  or  altered 
any  passport  or  instrument  purporting  to  be  a  passport,  with  intent  to  use 
the  same,  or  with  intent  that  the  same  may  be  used  by  another;  or  whoever 
shall  willfully  or  knowingly  use,  or  attempt  to  use,  or  furnish  to  another  for 
use  any  such  false,  forged,  counterfeited,  mutilated,  or  altered  passport  or 
instrument  purporting  to  be  a  passport,  or  any  passport  validly  issued  which 
has  become  void  by  the  occurrence  of  any  condition  therein  prescribed  invalidat- 
ing the  same,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $2,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
five  years,  or  both. 

TITLE  X. 

COUNTERFEITING  .GOVERNMENT    SEAL. 

SECTION  1.  Whoever  shall  fraudulently  or  wrongfully  affix  or  impress  the  seal 
of  any  executive  department,  or  of  any  bureau,  commission,  or  office  of  the 
United  States,  to  or  upon  any  certificate,  instrument,  commission,  document,  or 
paper  of  any  description;  or  whoever,  with  knowledge  of  its  fraudulent  char- 
acter, shall  with  wrongful  or  fraudulent  intent  use,  buy,  procure,  sell,  or 
transfer  to  another  any  such  certificate,  instrument,  commission,  document,  or 
paper,  to  which  or  upon  which  said  seal  has  been  so  fraudulently  affixed  or 
impressed,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  five 
years,  or  both. 

SEC.  2.  Whoever  shall  falsely  make,  forge,  counterfeit,  mutilate,  or  alter,  or 
cause  or  procure  to  be  made,  forged,  counterfeited,  mutilated,  or  altered,  or 
shall  willingly  assist  in  falsely  making,  forging,  counterfeiting,  mutilating,  or 
altering,  the  seal  of  any  executive  department,  or  any  bureau,  commission,  or 
office  of  the  United  States,  or  whoever  shall  knowingly  use,  affix,  or  impress 
any  such  fraudulently  made,  forged,  counterfeited,  mutilated,  or  altered  seal 
to  or  upon  any  certificate,  instrument,  commission,  document,  or  paper,  of  any 
description,  or  whoever  with  wrongful  or  fraudulent  intent  shall  have  possession 
of  any  such  falsely  made,  forged,  counterfeited,  mutilated,  or  altered  seal, 
knowing  the  same  to  have  been  so  falsely  made,  forged,  counterfeited,  muti- 
lated, or  altered,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000  or  imprisoned  not  more 
than  ten  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  3.  Whoever  shall  falsely  make,  forge,  counterfeit,  alter,  or  tamper  with 
any  naval,  military,  or  official  pass  or  permit,  issued  by  or  under  the  authority 
of  the  United  States,  or  with  wrongful  or  fraudulent  intent  shall  use  or  have  in 
his  possession  any  such  pass  or  permit,  or  shall  personate  or  falsely  represent 
himself  to  be  or  not  to  be  a  person  to  whom  such  pass  or  permit  has  been  duly 
issued,  or  shall  willfully  allow  any  other  person  to  have  or  use  any  such  pass  or 
permit,  issued  for  his  use  alone,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $2,000  or  im- 
prisoned not  more  than  five  years,  or  both. 


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TITLE  XI. 

SEAKCH    WARRANTS. 

SECTION  1.  A  search  warrant  authorized  by  this  title  may  be  issued  by  a 
judge  of  a  United  States  district  court,  or  by  a  judge  of  a  State  or  Territorial 
court  of  record,  or  by  a  United  States  commissioner  for  the  district  wherein 
the  property  sought  is  located. 

SEC.  2.  A  search  warrant  may  be  issued  under  this  title  upon  either  of  the 
following  grounds: 

1.  When  the  property  was  stolen  or  embezzled  in  violation  of  a  law  of  the 
United  States ;  in  which  case  it  may  be  taken  on  the  warrant  from  any  house 
or  other  place  in  which  it  is  concealed,  or  from  the  possession  of  the  person 
by  whom  it  was  stolen  or  embezzled,  or  from  any  person  in  whose  possession 
it  may  be. 

2.  When  the  property  was  'used  as  the  means  of  committing  a  felony ;  in 
which  case  it  may  be  taken  on  the  warrant  from  any  house  or  other  place 
in  which  it  is  concealed,  or  from  the  possession  of  the  person  by  whom  it  was 
used  in  the  commission  of  the  offense,  or  from  any  person  in  whose  possession 
it  may  be. 

3.  When  the  property,  or  any  paper,  is  possessed,  controlled,  or  used  in  viola- 
tion of  section  twenty-two  of  this  title;  in  which  case  it  may  be  taken  on  the 
warrant  from  the  person  violating  said  section,  or  from  any  person  in  whose 
possession  it  may  be,  or  from  any  house  or  other  place  in  which  it  is  concealed. 

SEC.  3.  A  search  warrant  can  not  be  issued  but  upon  probable  cause,  sup- 
ported by  affidavit,  naming  or  describing  the  person  and  particularly  describ- 
ing the  property  and  the  place  to  be  searched. 

SEC.  4.  The  judge  or  commissioner  must,  before  issuing  the  warrant,  exam- 
ine on  oath  the  complainant  and  any  witness  he  may  produce,  and  require  their 
affidavits  or  take  their  depositions  in  writing  and  cause  them  to  be  subscribed 
by  the  parties  making  them. 

SEC.  5.  The  affidavits  or  depositions  must  set  forth  the  facts  tending  to  estab- 
lish the  grounds  of  the  application  or  probable  cause  for  believing  that  they 
exist. 

SEC.  6.  If  the  judge  or  commissioner  is  thereupon  satisfied  of  the  existence 
of  the  grounds  of  the  application  or  that  there  is  probable  cause  to  believe  their 
existence,  he  must  issue  a  search  warrant,  signed  by  him  with  his  name  of  office, 
to  a  civil  officer  of  the  United  States  duly  authorized  to  enforce  or  assist  in 
enforcing  any  law  thereof,  or  to  a  person  so  duly  authorized  by  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  stating  the  particular  grounds  or  probable  cause  for  its 
issue  and  the  names  of  the  persons  whose  affidavits  have  been  taken  in  sup- 
port thereof,  and  commanding  him  forthwith  to  search  the  person  or  place 
named,  for  the  property  .specified,  and  to  bring  it  before  the  judge  or  commis- 
sioner. 

SEC.  7.  A  search  warrant  may  in  all  cases  be  served  by  any  of  the  officers 
mentioned  in  its  direction,  but  by  no  other  person,  except  in  aid  of  the  officer 
on  his  requiring  it,  he  being  present  and  acting  in  its  execution. 

SEC.  8.  The  officer  may  break  open  any  outer  or  inner  door  or  window  of  a 
house,  or  any  part  of  a  house,  or  anything  therein,  to  execute  the  warrant,  if, 
after  notice  of  his  authority  and  purpose,  he  is  refused  admittance. 

SEC.  9.  He  may  break  open  any  outer  or  inner  door  or  window  of  a  house 
for  the  purpose  of  liberating  a  person  who,  having  entered  to  aid  him  in  the 
execution  of  the  warrant,  is  detained  therein,  or  when  necessary  for  his  own 
liberation. 

SEC.  10.  The  judge  or  commissioner  must  insert  a  direction  in  the  warrant 
that  it  be  served  in  the  daytime,  unless  the  affidavits  are  positive  that  the 
property  is  on  the  person  or  in  the  place  to  be  searched,  in  which  case  he  may 
insert  a  direction  that  it  be  served  at  any  time  of  the  day  or  night. 

SEC.  11.  A  search  warrant  must  be  executed  and  returned  to  the  judge  or 
commissioner  who  issued  it  within  ten  days  after  its  date ;  after  the  expiration 
of  this  time  the  warrant,  unless  executed,  is  void. 

SEC.  12.  When  the  officer  takes  property  under  the  warrant,  he  must  give  a 
copy  of  the  warrant  together  with  a  receipt  for  the  property  taken  (specifying 
it  in  detail )  to  the  person  from  whom  it  was  taken  by  him,  or  in  whose  posses- 
sion it  was  found ;  or,  in  the  absence  of  any  person,  he  must  leave  it  in  the 
place  where  he  found  the  property. 


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SEC.  13.  The  officer  must  forthwith  return  the  warrant  to  the  judge  or  com- 
missioner and  deliver  to  him  a  written  inventory  of  the  property  taken,  made 
publicly  or  in  the  presence  of  the  person  from  whose  possession  it  was  taken, 
and  of  the  applicant  for  the  warrant,  if  they  are  present,  verified  by  the  affi- 
davit of  the  officer  at  the  foot  of  the  inventory  and  taken  before  the  judge  or 
commissioner  at  the  time,  to  the  following  effect :  "  I,  R.  S.,  the  officer  by  whom 
this  warrant  was  executed,  do  swear  that  the  above  inventory  contains  a  true 
and  detailed  account  of  all  the  property  taken  by  me  on  the  warrant." 

SEC.  14.  The  judge  or  commissioner  must  thereupon,  if  required,  deliver 
a  copy  of  the  inventory  to  the  person  from  whose  possession  the  property  was 
taken  and  to  the  applicant  for  the  warrant. 

SEC.  15.  If  the  grounds  on  which  the  warrant  was  issued  be  controverted, 
the  judge  or  commissioner  must  proceed  to  take  testimony  in  relation  thereto, 
and  the  testimony  of  each  witness  must  be  reduced  to  writing  and  subscribed 
by  each  witness. 

SEC.  16.  If  it  appears  that  the  property  or  paper  taken  is  not  the  same  as 
that  described  in  the  warrant  or  that  there  is  no  probable  cause  for  believing 
the  existence  of  the  grounds  on  which  the  warrant  was  issued,  the  judge  or  com- 
missioner must  cause  it  to  be  restored  to  the  person  from  whom  it  was  taken; 
but  if  it  appears  that  the  property  or  paper  taken  is  the  same  as  that  described 
in  the  warrant  and  that  there  is  probable  cause  for  believing  the  existence  of 
the  grounds  on  which  the  warrant  was  issued,  then  the  judge  or  commissioner 
shall  order  the  same  retained  in  the  custody  of  the  person  seizing  it  or  to  be 
otherwise  disposed  of  according  to  law. 

SEC.  17.  The  judge  or  commissioner  -must  annex  the  affidavits,  search  war- 
rants, return,  inventory,  and  evidence,  and  if  he  has  not  power  to  inquire  into 
the  offense  in  respect  to  which  the  warrant  was  issued  he  must  at  once  file 
the  same,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  record  of  his  proceedings,  with  the  clerk 
of  the  court  having  power  to  so  inquire. 

SEC.  18.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  and  willfully  obstruct,  resist,  or  oppose 
any  such  officer  or  person  in  serving  or  attempting  to  serve  or  execute  any  such 
search  warrant,  or  shall  assault,  beat,  or  wound  any  such  officer  or  person, 
knowing  him  to  be  an  officer  or  person  so  authorized,  shall  be  fined  not  more 
than  $1,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  two  years. 

SEC.  19.  Sections  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  and  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
six  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  the  United  States  shall  apply  to  and  embrace  all 
persons  making  oath  or  affirmation  or  procuring  the  same  under  the  provisions 
of  this  title,  and  such  persons  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  pains  and  penalties 
of  said  sections. 

SEC.  20.  A  person  who  maliciously  and  without  probable  cause  procures  a 
search  warrant  to  be  issued  and  executed  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $1,000 
or  imprisoned  not  more  than  one  year. 

SEC.  21.  An  officer  who  in  executing  a  search  warrant  willfully  exceeds  his 
authority,  or  exercises  it  with  unnecessary  severity,  shall  be  fined  not  more 
than  $1,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  one  year.  • 

SEC.  22.  Whoever,  in  aid  of  any  foreign  Government,  shall  knowingly  and 
willfully  have  possession  of  or  control  over  any  property  or  papers  designed  or 
intended  for  use  or  wrhich  is  used  as  the  means  of  violating  any  penal  statute, 
or  any  of  the  rights  or  obligations  of  the  United  States  under  any  treaty  or 
the  law  of  nations,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $1,000  or  imprisoned  not  more 
than  two  years,  or  both. 

SEC.  23.  Nothing  contained  in  this  title  shall  be  held  to  repeal  or  impair  any 
existing  provisions  of  law  regulating  search  and  the  issue  of  search  warrants. 

TITLE  XII. 

USE  OF  MAILS. 

SECTION  1.  Every  letter,  writing,  circular,  postal  card,  picture,  print,  engraving, 
photograph,  newspaper,  pamphlet,  book,  or  other  publication,  matter  or  thing, 
of  any  kind,  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  nonmailable  matter  and  shall  not  be  conveyed  in  the  mails  or  delivered 
from  any  post  office  or  by  any  letter  carrier :  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this 
Act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  any  person  other  than  an  employee  of 
the  Dead  Letter  Office,  duly  authorized  thereto,  or  other  person  upon  a  search 
warrant  authorized  by  law,  to  open  any  letter  not  addressed  to  himself. 


166    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

SEC.  2.  Every  letter,  writing,  circular,  postal  card,  picture,  print,  engraving, 
photograph,  newspaper,  pamphlet,  book,  or  other  publication,  matter  or  thing, 
of  any  kind,  containing  any  matter  advocating  or  urging  treason,  insurrection, 
or  forcible  resistance  to  any  law  of  the  United  States,  is  hereby  declared  to  be 
nonmailable. 

SEC.  3.  Whoever  shall  use  or  attempt  to  use  the  mails  or  Postal  Service  of  the 
United  States  for  the  transmission  of  any  matter  declared  by  this  title  to  be 
nonmailable,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $5,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
five  years,  or  both.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  title  may  be 
tried  and  punished  either  in  the  district  in  which  the  unlawful  matter  or  publi- 
cation was  mailed,  or  to  which  it  was  carried  by  mail  for  delivery  according 
to  the  direction  thereon,  or  in  which  it  was  caused  to  be  delivered  by  mail  to 
the  person  to  whom  it  was  addressed. 

TITLE   XIII. 

GENERAL     PROVISIONS. 

SECTION  1.  The  term  "  United  States  "  as  used  in  this  Act  includes  the  Canal 
Zone  and  all  territory  and  waters,  continental  or  insular,  subject  to  the  juris- 
diction of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  2.  The  several  courts  of  first  instance  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and 
the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  have  jurisdiction,  of  offenses  under 
this  Act  committed  within  their  respective  districts,  and  concurrent  jurisdic- 
tion with  the  district  courts  of  the  United  States  of  offenses  under  this  Act  com- 
mitted upon  the  high  seas,  and  of  conspiracies  to  commit  such  offenses,  as 
defined  by  section  thirty-seven  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and 
amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  approved  March  fourth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine,  and  the  provisions  of  said  section,  for  the  purpose  of  this 
Act,  are  hereby  extended  to  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  to  the  Canal  Zone.  In 
such  cases  the  district  attorneys  of  the  Philippine  Islands  and  of  the  Canal 
Zone  shall  have  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  provided  in  this  Act  for 
United  States  attorneys. 

SEC.  3.  Offenses  committed  and  penalties,  forfeitures,  or  liabilities  incurred 
prior  to  the  taking  effect  hereof  under  any  law  embraced  in  or  changed,  modi- 
tied,  or  repealed  by  any  chapter  of  this  Act  may  be  prosecuted  and  punished, 
and  suits  and  proceedings  for  causes  arising  or  acts  done  or  committed  prior 
to  the  taking  effect  hereof  may  be  commenced  and  prosecuted,  in  the  same  man- 
ner and  with  the  same  effect  as  if  this  Act  had  not  been  passed. 

SEC.  4.  If  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  or  part  of  this  Act  shall  for  any 
reason  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such 
judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair,  or  invalidate  the  remainder  thereof  but  shall 
be  confined  in  its  operation  to  the  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  or  part  thereof 
directly  involved  in  the  controversy  in  which  such  judgment  shall  have  been 
rendered. 

Approved,  June  15,  1917. 


JOINT  RESOLUTION  To  correct  an  error  in  the  sundry  civil  appropriation  act  for  the 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  Stales 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  that  portion  of  the  act  entitled  "An 
act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  Government  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  for 
other  purposes,"  which  reads :  "  For  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  salary  of  the  governor,  $100,000 ;  "  is  amended  to  read  as  follows :  "  For 
maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  salary  of  the  governor, 
$10,000 ;  ". 

Approved,  June  21,  1917. 


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AN  ACT  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  prior  fiscal  years, 
on  account  of  war  expenses,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  are  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply 
urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  on  account  of  war  ex- 
penses, and  for  other  purposes,  namely : 


DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE. 


FOREIGN    INTERCOURSE. 
******* 

For  relief  and  protection  of  American  seamen  in  foreign  countries,  and  in 
the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  shipwrecked  American  seamen  in  the  Territory 
of  Alaska,  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  and  the  Philippine  Islands, 
fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  $40,000. 


PANAMA  CANAL. 

FORTIFICATIONS. 

For  extraordinary  expenses  heretofore  and  hereafter  incurred  by  the  gov- 
ernor of  the  Panama  Canal  in  protecting  the  canal  and  canal  structures, 
$300,000. 

For  extraordinary  expenses  for  military  purposes  heretofore  and  hereafter 
incurred  in  protecting  the  Panama  Canal  and  canal  stuctures,  $150,000. 

Ordnance  Depot:  For  additional  amount  for  a  building  for  storing  artillery 
vehicles,  $5,500; 

For  a  set  of  quarters,  single  family  cottage  for  armament  machinist  at  Fort 
Grant,  $2,700. 

Submarine  base  (Coco  Solo  Point)  :  For  dredging  inner  basin  and  channel 
to  same,  concrete  dock,  containing  walls,  finger  docks,  tracks,  dry  fill,  municipal 
works,  electrical  work,  officers'  quarters,  barracks,  shops,  storehouses,  stationary 
crane,  magazines  and  torpedo  storage,  shop  and  power  tools,  furniture,  and 
plant  equipment,  $902,625:  Provided,  That  the  construction  work  hereunder 
shall  be  performed  under  the  direction  of  the  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. 


MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  DEPARTMENT:  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hos- 
pital supplies ;  gas  masks ;  motor  ambulances,  and  motorcycles  for  medical  serv- 
ice, their  maintenance,  repair,  and  operation:  Provided,  That  the  Secretary  of 
War  may  in  his  discretion  select  types  and  makes  of  motor  ambulances  for  the 
Army  and  authorize  their  purchase  without  regard  to  the  laws  prescribing 
advertisement  for  proposals  for  supplies  and  material  for  the  Army;  disin- 
fectants; typewriting  machines  for  military  posts,  camps,  hospitals,  hospital 
ships,  and  transports;  supplies  required  for  mosquito  destruction  in  and.  about 
the  military  posts  in  the  Canal  Zone;  *  *  *  $100,000,000. 

******* 

SEC.  6.  That  section  five  of  the  Act  of  June  twenty-second,  nineteen  hundred 
and  six,  prohibiting  the  transfer  of  employees  from  one  executive  department 
to  another,  shall  apply  with  equal  force  and  effect  to  the  transfer  of  employees 
from  executive  departments  to  independent  establishments  and  vice  versa  and  to 
the  transfer  of  employees  from  one  independent  establishment  to  another :  Pro- 
vided, That  the  United  States  Shipping  Board  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation 
shall  be  considered  a  Government  establishment  for  the  purposes  of  this  section. 

SEC.  7.  That  no  civil  employee  in  any  of  the  executive  departments  or  other 


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Government  establishments,  or  who  has  been  employed  therein  within  the  period 
of  one  year  next  preceding  his  proposed  employment  in  any  other  executive  de- 
partment or  other  Government  establishment,  shall  be  employed  hereafter  and 
paid  from  a  lump-sum  appropriation  in  any  other  executive  department  or  other 
Government  establishment  at  an  increased  rate  of  compensation.  And  no  civil 
employee  in  any  of  the  executive  departments  or  other  Government  establish- 
ments or  who  has  been  employed  therein  within  the  period  of  one  year  next 
preceding  his  proposed  employment  in  any  other  executive  department  or  other 
Government  establishment  and  who  may  be  employed  in  another  executive  de- 
partment or  other  Government  establishment  shall  be  granted  an  increase  in 
compensation  within  the  period  of  one  year  following  such  reemployment : 
Provided,  That  the  United  States  Shipping  Board  Emergency  Fleet  Corpora- 
tion shall  be  considered  a  Government  establishment  for  the  purposes  of  this 
section:  Provided  further,  That  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  repeal 
section  five  of  the  Act  of  June  twenty-second,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  which 
prohibits  the  transfer  of  employees  from  one  department  to  another. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  October  6,  1917. 


AN  ACT  To  define,  regulate,  and  punish  trading  with  the  enemy,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  this  Act  shall  be  known  as  the  "  Trad- 
ing with  the  enemy  Act." 

SEC.  2.  That  the  word  "  enemy,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean,  for 
the  purposes  of  such  trading  and  of  this  Act — 

(a)  Any  individual,  partnership,  or  other  body  of  individuals,  of  any  nation- 
ality, resident  within  the  territory   (including  that  occupied  by  the  military 
and  naval  forces)   of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  or 
resident  outside  the  United  States  and  doing  business  within  such  territory, 
and  any  corporation  incorporated  within  such  territory  of  any  nation  with 
which  the  United  States  is  at  war  or  incorporated  within  any  country  other 
than  the  United  States  and  doing  business  within  such  territory. 

(b)  The  government  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war, 
or  any  political  or  municipal  subdivision  thereof,  or  any  officer,  official,  agent, 
or  agency  thereof. 

(c)  Such  other  individuals,  or  body  or  class  of  individuals,  as  may  be  natives, 
citizens,  or  subjects  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  other 
than  citizens  of  the  United  States,  wherever  resident  or  wherever  doing  busi- 
ness, as  the  President,  if  he  shall  find  the  safety  of  the  United  States  or  the 
successful   prosecution   of  the  war   shall  so   require,   may,   by  proclamation, 
include  within  the  term  "  enemy." 

The  words  "  ally  of  enemy,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean — 

(a)  Any  individual,  partnership,  or  other  body  of  individuals,  of  any  nation- 
ality, resident  within  the  territory  (including  that  occupied  by  the  military  and 
naval  forces)  of  any  nation  which  is  an  ally  of  a  nation  with  which  the  United 
States  is  at  war,  or  resident  outside  the  United   States  and  doing  business 
within  such  territory,  and  any  corporation  incorporated  within  such  territory 
of  such  ally  nation,  or  incorporated  within  any  country  other  than  the  United 
States  and  doing  business  within  such  territory. 

(b)  The  government  of  any  nation  which  is  an  ally  of  a  nation  with  which 
the  United  States  is  at  war,  or  any  political  or  municipal  subdivision  of  such 
ally  nation,  or  any  officer,  official,  agent,  or  agency  thereof. 

(c)  Such   other   individuals,   or   body   or  class   of   individuals,   as   may  be 
natives,  citizens,  or  subjects  of  any  nation  which  is  an  ally  of  a  nation  with 
which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  other  than  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
wherever  resident  or  wherever  doing  business,  as  the  President,  if  he  shall  find 
the  safety  of  the  United  States  or  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  war  shall 
so  require,  may,  by  proclamation,  include  within  the  term  "  ally  of  enemy." 

The  word  "  person,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  an  individual, 
partnership,  association,  company,  or  other  unincorporated  body  of  individuals, 
or  corporation  or  body  politic. 

The  words  "  United  States,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  all  land 
and  water,  continental  or  insular,  in  any  way  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States  or  occupied  by  the  military  or  naval  forces  thereof. 


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The  words  "  the  beginning  of  the  war,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to 
mean  midnight  ending  the  day  on  which  Congress  has  declared  or  shall  declare 
war  or  the  existence  of  a  state  of  war. 

The  words  "  end  of  the  war,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  the 
date  of  proclamation  of  exchange  of  ratifications  of  the  treaty  of  peace,  unless 
the  President  shall,  by  'proclamation,  declare  a  prior  date,  in  which  case  the 
date  so  proclaimed  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  "  end  of  the  war "  within  the 
meaning  of  this  Act. 

The  words  "  bank  or  banks,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  and 
include  national  banks,  State  banks,  trust  companies,  or  other  banks  or  banking 
associations  doing  business  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any 
State  of  the  United  States. 

The  words  "  to  trade,"  as  used  herein,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean — 

(a)  Pay,  satisfy,  compromise,  or  give  security  for  the  payment  or  satisfac- 
tion of  any  debt  or  obligation. 

(b)  Draw,  accept,  pay,  present  for  acceptance  or  payment,  or  indorse  any 
negotiable  instrument  or  chose  in  action. 

(c)  Enter  into,  carry  on,  complete,  or  perform  any  contract,  agreement,  or 
obligation. 

(cl)  Buy  or  sell,  loan  or  extend  credit,  trade  in,  deal  with,  exchange,  trans- 
mit, transfer,  assign,  or  otherwise  dispose  of,  or  receive  any  form  of  property. 

(e)  To  have  any  form  of  business  or  commercial  communication  or  inter- 
course with. 

SEC.  3.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful — 

(a)  For  any  person  in  the  United  States,  except  with  the  license  of  the 
President,  granted  to  such  person,  or  to  the  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  as  pro- 
vided in  this  Act,  to  trade,  or  attempt  to  trade,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
with,  to,  or  from,  or  for,  or  on  account  of,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  for  the  benefit  of, 
any  other  person,  with  knowledge  or  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that  such  other 
person  is  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  or  is  conducting  or  taking  part  in  such 
trade,  directly  or  indirectly,  for,  or  on  account  of,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  for  the 
benefit  of,  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy. 

(b)  For  any  person,  except  with  the  license  of  the  President,  to  transport 
or  attempt  to  transport  into  or  from  the  United  States,  or  for  any  owner,  master, 
or  other  person  in  charge  of  a  vessel  of  American  registry  to  transport  or 
attempt  to  transport  from  any  place  to  any  other  place,  any  subject  or  citizen  of 
an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  nation,  with  knowledge  or  reasonable  cause  to  be- 
lieve that  the  person  transported  or  attempted  to  be  transported  is  such  subject 
or  citizen. 

(c)  For  any  person  (other  than  a  person  in  the  service  of  the  United  States 
Government  or  of  the  Government  of  any  nation,  except  that  of  an  enemy  or 
ally  of  enemy  nation,  and  other  than  such  persons  or  classes  of  persons  as  may 
be  exempted  hereunder  by  the  President  or  by  such  person  as  he  may  direct), 
to  send,  or  take  out  of,  or  bring  into,  or  attempt  to  send,  or  take  out  of,  or  bring 
into  the  United  States,  any  letter  or  other  writing  or  tangible  form  of  communi- 
cation, except  in  the  regular  course  of  the  mail;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  send,  take,  or  transmit,  or  attempt  to  send,  take,  or  transmit  out 
of  the  United  States,  any  letter  or  other  writing,  book,  map,  plan,  or  other 
paper,  picture,  or  any  telegram,  cablegram,  or  wireless  message,  or  other  form 
of  communication  intended  for  or  to  be  delivered,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  an 
enemy  or  ally  of  enemy:  Provided,  however,  That  any  person  may  send,  take, 
or  transmit  out  of  the  United  States  anything  herein  forbidden  if  he  shall  first 
submit  the  same  to  the  President,  or  to  such  officer  as  the  President  may  di- 
rect, and  shall  obtain  the  license  or  consent  of  the  President,  under  such  rules 
and  regulations,   and  with  such  exemptions,   as  shall  be  prescribed   by   the 
President. 

(d)  Whenever,  during  the  present  war,  the  President  shall  deem  that  the 
public  safety  demands  it,  he  may  cause  to  be  censored  under  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  he  may  from  time  to  time  establish,  communications  by  mail, 
cable,  radio,  or  other  means  of  transmission  passing  between  the  United  States 
and  any  foreign  country  he  may  from  time  to  time  specify,  or  which  may  be 
carried  by  any  vessel  or  other  means  of  transportation  touching  at  any  port, 
place,  or  territory  of  the  United  States  and  bound  to  or  from  any  foreign 
country.     Any  person  who  willfully  evades  or  attempts  to  evade  the  submission 
of  any  such  communication  to  such  censorship  or  willfully  uses  or  attempts  to 
use  any  code  or  other  device  for  the  purpose  of  concealing  from  such  censorship 


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the  intended  meaning  of  such  communication  shall  be  punished  as  provided  in 
section  sixteen  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  4.  (a)  Every  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  insurance  or  reinsurance  company, 
and  every  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  doing  business  within  the  United  States 
through  an  agency  or  branch  office,  or  otherwise,  may,  within  thirty  days  after 
the  passage  of  this  Act,  apply  to  the  President  for  a  license  to  continue  to  do 
business;  and,  within  thirty  days  after  such  application,  the  President  may 
enter  an  order  either  granting  or  refusing  to  grant  such  license.  The  license, 
if  granted,  may  be  temporary  or  otherwise,  and  for  such  period  of  time,  and 
may  contain  such  provisions  and  conditions  regulating  the  business,  agencies, 
managers  and  trustees  and  the  control  and  disposition  of  the  funds  of  the  com- 
pany, or  of  such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  as  the  President  shall  deem  necessary 
for  the  safety  of  the  United  States;  and  any  license  granted  hereunder  may 
be  revoked  or  regranted  or  renewed  in  such  manner  and  at  such  times  as  the 
President  shall  determine:  Provided,  however,  That  reasonable  notice  of  his 
intent  to  refuse  to  grant  a  license  or  to  revoke  a  license  granted  to  any  rein- 
surance company  shall  be  given  by  him  to  all  insurance  companies  incorporated 
within  the  United  States  and  known  to  the  President  to  be  doing  business  with 
such  reinsurance  company:  Provided  further,  That  no  insurance  company, 
organized  within  the  United  States,  shall  be  obligated  to  continue  any  existing 
contract,  entered  into  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  war,  with  any  enemy  or 
ally  of  enemy  insurance  or  reinsurance  company,  but  any  such  company  may 
abrogate  and  cancel  any  such  contract  by  serving  thirty  days'  notice  in  writing 
upon  the  President  of  its  election  to  abrogate  such  contract. 

For  a  period  of  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  further  pending 
the  entry  of  such  order  by  the  President,  after  application  made  by  any  enemy 
or  ally  of  enemy  insurance  or  reinsurance  company,  within  such  thirty  days  as 
above  provided,  the  provisions  of  the  President's  proclamation  of  April  sixth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  relative  to  agencies  in  the  United  States  of 
certain  insurance  companies,  as  modified  by  the  provisions  of  the  President's 
proclamation  of  July  thirteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  relative  to 
marine  and  war-risk  insurance,  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect  so  far  as  it 
applies  to  such  German  insurance  companies,  and  the  conditions  of  said  procla- 
mation of  April  sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  as  modified  by  said 
proclamation  of  July  thirteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  shall  also 
during  said  period  of  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  pending  the 
order  of  the  President  as  herein  provided,  apply  to  any  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy 
insurance  or  reinsurance  company,  anything  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding. It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  insurance 
or  reinsurance  company,  to  whom  license  is  granted,  to  transmit  out  of  the 
United  States  any  funds  belonging  to  or  held  for  the  benefit  of  such  company  or 
to  use  any  such  funds  as  the  basis  for  the  establishment  directly  or  indirectly 
of  any  credit  within  or  outside  of  the  United  States  to,  or  for  the  benefit  of,  or 
on  behalf  of,  or  on  account  of,  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy. 

For  a  period  of  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  further  pending 
the  entry  of  such  order  by  the  President,  after  application  made  within  such 
thirty  days  by  any  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  other  than  an  insurance  or  reinsur- 
ance company  as  above  provided,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  such  enemy  or  ally  of 
enemy  to  continue  to  do  business  in  this  country  and  for  any  person  to  trade 
with,  to,  from,  for,  on  account  of,  on  behalf  of  or  for  the  benefit  of  such  enemy 
or  ally  of  enemy,  anything  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding :  Provided, 
however,  That  the  provisions  of  sections  three  and  sixteen  hereof  shall  apply 
to  any  act  or  attempted  act  of  transmission  or  transfer  of  money  or  other 
property  out  of  the  United  States  and  to  the  use  or  attemped  use  of  such  money 
or  property  as  the  basis  for  the  establishment  of  any  credit  within  or  outside  of 
the  United  States  to,  or  for  the  benefit  of,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  on  account  of,  an 
enemy  or  ally  of  enemy. 

If  no  license  is  applied  for  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  Act, 
or  if  a  license  shall  be  refused  to  any  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  whether  insur- 
ance or  reinsurance  company  or  other  person,  making  application,  or  if  any 
license  granted  shall  be  revoked  by  the  President,  the  provisions  of  sections 
three  and  sixteen  hereof  shall  forthwith  apply  to  all  trade  or  to  any  attempt  to 
trade  with,  to,  from,  for,  by,  on  account  of,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  for  the  benefit  of 
such  company  or  other  person:  Provided,  however,  That  after  such  refusal  or 
revocation,  anything  in  this  Act  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  a  policyholder  or  for  an  insurance  company,  not  an  enemy  or  ally 


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of -enemy,  holding  insurance  or  having  effected  reinsurance  in  or  with  such 
enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  insurance  or  reinsurance  company,  to  receive  payment 
of,  and  for  such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  insurance  or  reinsurance  company  to 
pay  any  premium,  return  premium,  claim,  money,  security,  or  other  property 
due  or  which  may  become  due  on  or  in  respect  to  such  insurance  or  reinsurance 
in  force  at  the  date  of  such  refusal  or  revocation  of  license ;  and  nothing  in  this 
Act  shall  vitiate  or  nullify  then  existing  policies  or  contracts  of  insurance  or 
reinsurance,  or  the  conditions  thereof;  and  any  such  policyholder  or  insurance 
company,  not  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  having  any  claim  to  or  upon  money 
or  other  property  of  the  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  insurance  or  reinsurance  com- 
pany in  the  custody  or  control  of  the  alien  property  custodian,  hereinafter  pro- 
vided for,  or  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  may  make  application  for 
the  payment  thereof  and  may  institute  suit  as  provided  in  section  nine  hereof. 

(b)  That,  during  the  present  war,  no  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  and  no  partner- 
ship of  which  he  is  a  member  or  was  a  member  at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  shall 
for  any  purpose  assume  or  use  any  name  other  than  that  by  which  such  enemy 
or  partnership  was  ordinarily  known  at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  except  under 
license  from  the  President. 

Whenever,  during  the  present  war,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  the  public 
safety  or  public  interest  requires,  the  President  may  prohibit  any  or  all  for- 
eign insurance  companies  from  doing  business  in  the  United  States,  or  the 
President  may  license  such  company  or  companies  to  do  business  upon  such 
terms  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

SEC.  5.  (a)  That  the  President,  if  he  shall  find  it  compatible  with  the  safety 
of  the  United  States  and  with  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  war,  may,  by 
proclamation,  suspend  the  provisions  of  this  Act  so  far  as  they  apply  to  an  ally 
of  enemy,  and  he  may  revoke  or  renew  such  suspension  from  time  to  time ;  and 
the  President  may  grant  licenses,  special  or  general,  temporary  or  otherwise, 
and  for  such  period  of  time  and  containing  such  provisions  and  conditions  as 
he  shall  prescribe,  to  any  person  or  class  of  persons  to  do  business  as  provided 
in  subsection  (a)  of  section  four  hereof,  and  to  perform  any  act  made  unlawful 
without  such  license  in  section  three  hereof,  and  to  file  and  prosecute  applica- 
tions under  subsection  (b)  of  section  ten  hereof;  and  he  may  revoke  or  renew 
such  licenses  from  time  to  time,  if  he  shall  be  of  opinion  that  such  grant  or 
revocation  or  renewal  shall  be  compatible  with  the  safety  of  the  United  States 
and  with  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  war;  and  he  may  make  such  rules 
and  regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  law,  as  may  be  necessary  and  proper  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  Act ;  and  the  President  may  exercise  any  power 
or  authority  conferred  by  this  Act  through  such  officer  or  officers  as  he  shall 
direct. 

If  the  President  shall  have  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that  any  act  is  about 
to  be  perfprmed  in  violation  of  section  three  hereof  he  shall  have  authority  to 
order  the  postponement  of  the  performance  of  such  act  for  a  period  not  exceed- 
ing ninety  days,  pending  investigation  of  the  facts  by  him. 

(b)  That  the  President  may  investigate,  regulate,  or  prohibit,  under  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe,  by  means  of  licenses  or  otherwise, 
any  transactions  in  foreign  exchange,  export  or  ear-markings  of  gold  or  silver 
coin  or  bullion  or  currency,  transfers  of  credit  in  any  form  (other  than  credits 
relating  solely  to  transactions  to  be  executed  wholly  within  the  United  States), 
and  transfers  of  evidences  of  indebtedness  or  of  the  ownership  of  property  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  any  foreign  country,  whether  enemy,  ally  of  enemy 
or  otherwise,  or  between  residents  of  one  or  more  foreign  countries,  by  any 
person  \\  ithin  the  United  States ;  and  he  may  require  any  such  person  engaged  in 
any  such  transaction  to  furnish,  under  oath,  complete  information  relative 
thereto,  including  the  production  of  any  books  of  account,  contracts,  letters  or 
other  papers,  in  connection  therewith  in  the  custody  or  control  of  such  person, 
either  before  or  after  such  transaction  is  completed. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  President  is  authorized  to  appoint,  prescribe  the  duties  of, 
and  fix  the  salary  (not  to  exceed  $5,000  per  annum)  of  an  official  to  be  known 
as  the  alien  property  custodian,  who  shall  be  empowered  to  receive  all  money 
and  property  in  the  United  States  due  or  belonging  to  an  enemy,  Or  ally  of 
enemy,  which  may  be  paid,  conveyed,  transferred,  assigned,  or  delivered  to  said 
custodian  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act ;  and  to  hold,  administer,  and  account 
for  the  same  under  the  general  direction  of  the  President  and  as  provided 
in  this  Act.  The  alien  property  custodian  shall  give  such  bond  or  bonds,  and 
in  such  form  and  amount,  and  with  such  security  as  the  President  shall  pre- 
scribe. The  President  may  further  employ  in  the  District  of  Columbia  and 


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elsewhere  and  fix  the  compensation  of  such  clerks,  attorneys,  investigators, 
accountants,  and  other  employees  as  he  may  find  necessary  for  the  due  adminis- 
tration of  the  provisions  of  this  Act :  Provided,  That  such  clerks,  investigators, 
accountants,  and  other  employees  shall  be  appointed  from  lists  of  eligibles 
to  be  supplied  by  the  Civil  Service  Commission  and  in  accordance  with 
the  civil-service  law :  Provided  further,  That  the  President  shall  cause  a  detailed 
report  to  be  made  to  Congress  on  the  first  day  of  January  of  each  year  of 
all  proceedings  had  under  this  Act  during  the  year  preceding.  Such  report 
shall  contain  a  list  of  all  persons  appointed  or  employed,  with  the  salary  or 
compensation  paid  to  each,  and  a  statement  of  the  different  kinds  of  property 
taken  into  custody  and  the  disposition  made  thereof. 

SEC.  7.  ( a )  That  every  corporation  incorporated  within  the  United  States, 
and  every  unincorporated  association,  or  company,  or  trustee,  or  trustees  within 
the  United  States,  issuing  shares  or  certificates  representing  beneficial  interests, 
shall,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe  and, 
within  sixty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  at  such  other  times  there- 
after as  the  President  may  require,  transmit  to  the  alien  property  custodian 
a  full  list,  duly  sworn  to,  of  every  officer,  director,  or  stockholder  known  to  be, 
or  whom  the  representative  of  such  corporation,  association,  company,  or  trustee 
has  reasonable  cause  to  believe  to  be  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  resident  within 
the  territory,  or  a  subject  or  citizen  residing  outside  of  the  United  States,  of 
any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  or  resident  within  the 
territory,  or  a  subject  or  citizen  residing  outside  of  the  United  States,  of  any 
ally  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  together  with  the 
amount  of  stock  or  shares  owned  by  each  such  officer,  director,  or  stockholder, 
or  in  which  he  has  any  interest. 

The  President  may  also  require  a  similar  list  to  be  transmitted  of  all  stock 
or  shares  owned  on  February  third,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  by  any 
person  now  defined  as  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  or  in  which  any  such  person 
had  any  interest ;  and  he  may  also  require  a  list  to  be  transmitted  of  all  cases 
in  which  said  corporation,  association,  company,  or  trustee  has  reasonable 
cause  to  believe  that  the  stock  or  shares  on  February  third,  nineteen  hundred 
and  seventeen,  were  owned  or  are  owned  by  such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy, 
though  standing  on  the  books  in  the  name  of  another :  Provided,  however,  That 
the  name  of  any  such  officer,  director,  or  stockholder  shall  be  stricken  perma- 
nently or  temporarily  from  such  list  by  the  alien  property  custodian  when  he 
shall  be  satisfied  that  he  is  not  such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy. 

Any  person  in  the  United  States  who  holds  or  has  or  shall  hold  or  have 
custody  or  control  of  any  property  beneficial  or  otherwise,  alone  or  jointly 
with  others,  of,  for,  or  on  behalf  of  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  or  of  any 
person  whom  he  may  have  reasonable  cause  to  believe  to  be  an  enemy  or  ally 
of  enemy  and  any  person  in  the  United  States  wrho  is  or  shall  be  indebted  in 
any  way  to  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  or  to  any  person  whom  he  may  have 
reasonable  cause  to  believe  to  be  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  shall,  with  such 
exceptions  and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  President  shall  pre- 
scribe, and  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  or  within  thirty 
days  after  such  property  shall  come  within  his  custody  or  control,  or  after  such 
debt  shall  become  due,  report  the  fact  to  the  alien-property  custodian  by  written 
statement  under  oath  containing  such  particulars  as  said  custodian  shall 
require.  The  President  may  also  require  a  similar  report  of  all  property  so 
held,  of,  for,  or  on  behalf  of,  and  of  all  debts  so  owed  to,  any  person  now  defined 
as  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  on  February  third,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven- 
teen: Provided,  That  the  name  of  any  person  shall  be  stricken  from  the  said 
report  by  the  alien-property  custodian,  either  temporarily  or  permanently,  when 
he  shall  be  satisfied  that  such  person  is  not  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy.  The 
President  may  extend  the  time  for  filing  the  lists  or  reports  required  by  this 
section  for  an  additional  period  not  exceeding  ninety  days. 

(b)  Nothing  in  this  Act  contained  shall  render  valid  or  legal,  or  be  construed 
to  recognize  as  valid  or  legal,  any  act  or  transaction  constituting  trade  with, 
to,  from,  for  or  on  account  of,  or  on  behalf  or  for  the  benefit  of  an  enemy  per- 
formed or  engaged  in  since  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  prior  to  the  passage 
of  this  Act,  or  any  such  act  or  transaction  hereafter  performed  or  engaged  in 
except  as  authorized  hereunder,  which  would  otherwise  have  been  or  be  void, 
illegal,  or  invalid  at  law.  No  conveyance,  transfer,  delivery,  payment,  or  loan 
of  money  or  other  property,  in  violation  of  section  three  hereof,  made  after 
the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  not  under  license  as  herein  provided  shall  confer 
or  create  any  right  or  remedy  in  respect  thereof ;  and  no  person  shall  by  virtue 


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of  any  assignment,  indorsement,  or  delivery  to  him  of  any  debt,  bill,  note,  or 
other  obligation  or  chose  in  action  by,  from,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  on  account  of, 
or  for  the  benefit  of  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  have  any  right  or  remedy 
against  the  debtor,  obligor,  or  other  person  liable  to  pay,  fulfill,  or  perform  the 
same  unless  said  assignment,  indorsement,  or  delivery  was  made  prior  to  the 
beginning  of  the  war  or  shall  be  made  under  license  as  herein  provided,  or 
unless,  if  made  after  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  prior  to  the  date  of  passage 
of  this  Act,  the  person  to  whom  the  same  was  made  shall  prove  lack  of  knowl- 
edge and  of  reasonable  cause  to  believe  on  his  part  that  the  same  was  made  by, 
from  or  on  behalf  of,  or  an  account  of,  or  for  the  benefit  of  an  enemy  or  ally 
of  enemy;  and  any  person  who  knowingly  pays,  discharges,  or  satisfies  any 
such  debt,  note,  bill,  or  other  obligation  or  chose  in  action  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  deemed  to  violate  section  three  hereof:  Provided,  That  nothing  in 
this  Act  contained  shall  prevent  the  carrying  out,  completion,  or  performance  of 
any  contract,  agreement,  or  obligation  originally  made  with  or  entered  into  by 
;m  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  where,  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  not  in 
contemplation  thereof,  the  interest  of  such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  devolved  by 
assignment  or  otherwise  upon  a  person  not  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  and 
no  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  wrill  be  benefited  by  such  carrying  out,  completion,  or 
performance  otherwise  than  by  release  from  obligation  thereunder. 

Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  deemed  to  prevent  payment  of  money  belonging 
or  owing  to  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  to  a  person  within  the  United  States  not 
an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  for  the  benefit  of  such  person  or  of  any  other  person 
within  the  United  States,  not  an  enemy  or  ally  jof  enemy,  if  the  funds  so  paid 
shall  have  been  received  prior  to  the  beginning  *of  the  war  and  such  payments 
arise  out  of  transactions  entered  into  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  war,  and  not 
in  contemplation  thereof :  Provided,  That  such  payment  shall  not  be  made  with- 
out the  license  of  the  President,  general  or  special,  as  provided  in  this  Act. 

Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  deemed  to  authorize  the  prosecution  of  any 
suit  or  action  at  law  or  in  equity  in  any  court  within  the  United  States  by 
an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  prior  to  the  end  of  the  war,  except  as  provided  in 
section  ten  hereof :  Provided,  however,  That  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  licensed 
to  do  business  under  this  Act  may  prosecute  and  maintain  any  such  suit  or 
action  so  far  as  the  same  arises  solely  out  of  the  business  transacted  within  the 
United  States  under  such  license  and  so  long  as  such  license  remains  in  full 
force  and  effect:  And  provided  further,  That  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  may 
defend  by  counsel  any  suit  in  equity  or  action  at  law  which  may  be  brought 
against  him. 

Receipt  of  notice  from  the  President  to  the  effect  that  he  has  reasonable 
ground  to  believe  that  any  person  is  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  shall  be  prima 
facie  defense  to  any  one  receiving  the  same,  in  any  suit  or  action  at  law  or  in 
equity  brought  or  maintained,  or  to  any  right  or  set-off  or  recoupment  asserted 
by,  such  person  and  based  on  failure  to  complete  or  perform  since  the  beginning 
of  the  war  any  contract  or  other  obligation.  In  any  prosecution  under  section 
sixteen  hereof,  proof  of  receipt  of  notice  from  the  President  to  the  effect  that 
he  has  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that  any  person  is  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy 
shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  that  the  person  receiving  such  notice  has  reason- 
able cause  to  believe  such  other  person  to  be  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  within 
the  meaning  of  section  three  hereof. 

(c)  If  the  President  shall  so  require,  any  money  or  other  property  owing  or 
belonging  to  or  held  for,  by,  on  account  of,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  for  the  benefit 
of  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  not  holding  a  license  granted  by  the  President 
hereumler,  which  the  President  after  investigation  shall  determine  is  so  owing 
or  so  belongs  or  is  so  held,  shall  be  conveyed,  transferred,  assigned,  delivered, 
or  paid  over  to  the  alien  property  custodian. 

(d)  If  not  required  to  pay,  convey,  transfer,  assign,  or  deliver  under  the 
provisions  of  subsection  (c)  hereof,  any  person  not  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy 
who  owes  to,  or  holds  for,  or  on  account  of,  or  on  behalf  of,  or  for  the  benefit 
of  an  enemy  or  of  an  ally  of  enemy  not  holding  a  license  granted  by  the  Presi- 
dent hereunder,  any  money  or  other  property,  or  to  whom  any  obligation  or 
form  of  liability  to  such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  is  presented  for  payment,  may, 
at  his  option,  with  the  consent  of  the  President,  pay,  convey,  transfer,  assign, 
or  deliver  to  the  alien  property  custodian  said  money  or  other  property  under 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  President  shall  prescribe. 

(e)  No  person  shall  be  held  liable  in  any  court  for  or  in  respect  to  anything 
done  or  omitted  in  pursuance  of  any  order,  rule,  or  regulation  made  by  the 
President  undej*  the  authority  of  this  Act. 


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Any  payment,  conveyance,  transfer,  assignment,  or  delivery  of  money  or 
property  made  to  the  alien  property  custodian  hereunder  shall  be  a  full  ac- 
quittance and  discharge  for  all  purposes  of  the  obligation  of  the  person  making 
the  same  to  the  extent  of  same.  The  alien  property  custodian  and  such  other 
persons  as  the  President  may  appoint  shall  have  power  to  execute,  acknowledge, 
and  deliver  any  such  instrument  or  instruments  as  may  be  necessary  or  proper 
to  evidence  upon  the  record  or  otherwise  such  acquittance  and  discharge,  and 
shall,  in  case  of  payment  to  the  alien  property  custodian  of  any  debt  or  obliga- 
tion owed  to  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  deliver  up  any  notes,  bonds,  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness  or  obligation,  or  any  security  therefor  in  which  such 
enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  had  any  right  or  interest  that  may  have  come  into  the 
possession  of  the  alien  property  custodian,  with  like  effect  as  if  he  or  they, 
respectively,  were  duly  appointed  by  the  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  creditor,  or 
obligee.  The  President  shall  issue  to  every  person  so  appointed  a  certificate 
of  the  appointment  and  authority  of  such  person,  and  such  certificate  shall  be 
received  in  evidence  in  all  courts  within  the  United  States.  Whenever  any 
such  certificate  of  authority  shall  be  offered  to  any  registrar,  clerk,  or  other 
recording  officer,  Federal  or  otherwise,  within  the  United  States,  such  officer 
shall  record  the  same  in  like  manner  as  a  power  of  attorney,  and  such  record 
or  a  duly  certified  copy  thereof  shall  be  received  in  evidence  in  all  courts  of 
the  United  States  or  other  courts  within  the  United  States. 

SEC.  8.  (a)  That  any  person  not  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  holding  a  lawful 
mortgage,  pledge,  or  lien,  or  other  right  in  the  nature  of  security  in  property 
on  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  which,  by  law  or  by  the  terms  of  the  instrument 
creating  such  mortgage,  pledge,  or  lien,  or  right,  may  be  disposed  of  on  notice 
or  presentation  or  demand,  and  any  person  not  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  who 
is  a  party  to  any  lawful  contract  with  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  the  terms 
of  which  provide  for  a  termination  thereof  upon  notice  or  for  acceleration  of 
maturity  on  presentation  or  demand,  may  continue  to  hold  said  property,  and, 
after  default,  may  dispose  of  the  property  in  accordance  with  law  or  may 
terminate  or  mature  such  contract  by  notice  or  presentation  or  demand  served 
or  made  on  the  alien  property  custodian  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  the 
terms  of  such  instrument  or  contract  and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
the  President  shall  prescribe;  and  such  notice  and  such  presentation  and  de- 
mand shall  have,  in  all  respects,  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if  duly  served  or 
made  upon  the  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  personally :  Provided,  That  no  such  rule 
or  regulation  shall  require  that  notice  or  presentation  or  demand  shall  be  served 
or  made  in  any  case  in  which,  by  law  or  by  the  terms  of  said  instrument  or 
contract,  no  notice,  presentation,  or  demand  was,  prior  to  the  passage  of  this 
Act,  required ;  and  that  in  case  where,  by  law  or  by  the  terms  of  such  instru- 
ment or  contract,  notice  is  required,  no  longer  period  of  notice  shall  be  re- 
quired :  Provided  further,  That  if,  on  any  such  disposition  of  property,  a  surplus 
shall  remain  after  the  satisfaction  of  the  mortgage,  pledge,  lien,  or  other  right 
in  the  nature  of  security,  notice  of  that  fact  shall  be  given  to  the  President 
pursuant  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe,  and  such  surplus 
shall  be  held  subject  to  his  further  order. 

(b)  That  any  contract  entered  into  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  war  between 
any  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  any  corporation  organized  within  the  United 
States,  and  an  enemy  or  ally  of  an  enemy,  the  terms  of  which  provide  for  the 
delivery,  during  or  after  any  war  in  which  a  present  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy 
nation  has  been  or  is  now  engaged,  of  anything  produced,  mined,  or  manufac- 
tured in  the  United  States,  may  be  abrogated  by  such  citizen  or  corporation  by 
serving  thirty  days'  notice  in  writing  upon  the  alien  property  custodian  of  his 
or  its  election  to  abrogate  such  contract. 

(c)  The  running  of  any   statute  of  limitations  shall   be   suspended   with 
reference  to  the  rights  or  remedies  on  any  contract  or  obligation  entered  into 
prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  war  between  parties  neither  of  whom  is  an  enemy 
or  ally  of  enemy,  and  containing  any  promise  to  pay  or  liability  for  payment 
which   is  evidenced  by  drafts  or  other  commercial  paper  drawn  against   or 
secured  by  funds  or  other  property  situated  in  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy 
country,  and  no  suit  shall  be  maintained  on  any  such  contract  or  obligation 
in  any  court  within  the  United  States  until  after  the  end  of  the  war,  or  until 
the  said  funds  or  property  shall  be  released  for  the  payment  or  satisfaction  of 
such  contract  or  obligation:  Provided,  however,  That  nothing  herein  contained 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  suspension  of  the  running  of  the  statute  of 
limitations  in  all  other  cases  where  such  suspension  would  occur  under  existing 
law. 


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SEC.  9.  That  any  person,  not  an  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  claiming  any  interest, 
right,  or  title  in  any  money  or  other  property  which  may  have  been 'conveyed, 
transferred,  assigned,  delivered,  or  paid  to  the  alien  property  custodian  here- 
uuder,  and  held  by  him  or  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  to  whom 
any  debt  may  be  owing  from  an  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  whose  property  or 
jmy  part  thereof  shall  have  been  conveyed,  transferred,  assigned,  delivered,  or 
paid  to  the  alien  property  custodian  hereunder,  and  held  by  him  or  by  the 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  may  file  with  the  said  custodian  a  notice  of 
his  claim  under  oath  and  in  such  form  and  containing  such  particulars  as  the 
said  custodian  shall  require ;  and  the  President,  if  application  is  made  therefor 
by  the  claimant,  may,  with  the  assent  of  the  owner  of  said  property  and  of 
all  persons  claiming  any  right,  title,  or  interest  therein,  order  the  payment, 
conveyance,  transfer,  assignment  or  delivery  to  said  claimant  of  the  money  or 
other  property  so  held  by  the  alien  property  custodian  or  by  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States  or  of  the  interest  therein  to  which  the  President  shall  determine 
said  claimant  is  entitled:  Provided,  That  no  such  order  by  the  President  shall 
bar  any  person  from  the  prosecution  of  any  suit  at  law  or  in  equity  against 
the  claimant  to  establish  any  right,  title  or  interest  which  he  may  have  in 
such  money  or  other  property.  If  the  President  shall  not  so  order  within  sixty 
days  after  the  filing  of  such  application,  or  if  the  claimant  shall  have  filed  the 
notice  as  above  required  and  shall  have  made  no  application  to  the  President, 
said  claimant  may,  at  any  time  before  the  expiration  of  six  months  after  the 
end  of  the  war,  institute  a  suit  in  equity  in  the  district  court  of  the  United 
States  for  the  district  in  which  such  claimant  resides,  or,  if  a  corporation, 
where  it  has  its  principal  place  of  business  (to  which  suit  the  alien  property 
custodian  or  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be 
made  a  party  defendant),  to  establish  the  interest,  right,  title,  or  debt  so 
claimed,  and  if  suit  shall  be  so  instituted  then  the  money  or  other  property  of 
the  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  against  whom  such  interest,  right,  or  title  is 
asserted,  or  debt  claimed,  shall  be  retained  in  the  custody  of  the  alien  property 
custodian,  or  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  as  provided  in  this  Act,  and 
until  any  final  judgment  or  decree  which  shall  be  entered  in  favor  of  the 
claimant  shall  be  fully  satisfied  by  payment  or  conveyance,  transfer,  assign- 
ment, or  delivery  by  the  defendant  or  by  the  alien  property  custodian  or  Treas- 
urer of  the  United  States  on  order  of  the  court,  or  until  final  judgment  or  decree 
shall  be  entered  against  the  claimant,  or  suit  otherwise  terminated. 

Except  as  herein  provided,  the  money  or  other  property  conveyed,  trans- 
ferred, assigned,  delivered,  or  paid  to  the  alien  property  custodian  shall  not  be 
liable  to  lien,  attachment,  garnishment,  trustee  process,  or  execution,  or  sub- 
ject to  any  order  or  decree  of  any  court. 

This  section  shall  not  apply,  however,  to  money  paid  to  the  alien  property 
custodian  under  section  ten  hereof. 

SEC.  10.  That  nothing  contained  in  this  Act  shall  be  held  to  make  unlawful 
any  of  the  following  Acts : 

(a)  An  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  may  file  and  prosecute  in  the  United  States 
an  application  for  letters  patent,  or  for  registration  of  trade-mark,  print,  label, 
or  copyright,  and  may  pay  any  fees  therefor  in  accordance  with  and  as  required 
by  the^  provisions  of  existing  law  and  fees  for  attorneys  or  agents  for  filing  and 
prosecuting  such  applications.    Any  such  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  who  is  unable* 
during  war,  or  within  six  months  thereafter,  on  account  of  conditions  arising 
out  of  war,  to  file  any  such  application,  or  to  pay  any  official  fee,  or  to  take  any 
action  required  by  law  within  the  period  prescribed  by  law,  may  be  granted  an 
extension  of  nine  months  beyond  the  expiration  of  said  period,  provided  the 
nation  of  which  the  said  applicant  is  a  citizen,  subject,  or  corporation  shall 
extend  substantially  similar  privileges  to  citizens  and  corporations  of  the  United 
States. 

(b)  Any  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  any  corporation  organized  within 
the  United  States,  may,  when  duly  authorized  by  the  President,  pay  to  an  enemy 
or  ally  of  enemy  any  tax,  annuity,  or  fee  which  may  be  required  by  the  laws  of 
such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  nation  in  relation  to  patents  and  trade-marks, 
prints,  labels,  and  copyrights ;  and  any  such  citizen  or  corporation  may  file  and 
prosecute  an  application  for  letters  patent  or  for  registration  of  trade-mark, 
print,  label,  or  copyright  in  the  country  of  an  enemy,  or  of  an  ally  of  enemy 
after  first  submitting  such  application  to  the'President  and  receiving  license  so 
to  file  and  prosecute,  and  to  pay  the  fees  required  by  law  and  customary  agents' 
fees,  the  maximum  amount  of  which  in  each  case  shall  be  subject  to  the  control 
of  the  President, 


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(c)  Any  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  any  corporation  organized  within 
the  United  States  desiring  to  manufacture,  or  cause  to  be  manufactured,  a 
machine,  manufacture,  composition  of  matter,  or  design,  or  to  carry  on,  or  to 
use  any  trade-mark,  print,  label  or  cause  to  be  carried  on,  a  process  under  any 
patent  or  copyrighted  matter  owned  or  controlled  by  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy 
at  any  time  during  the  existence  of  a  state  of  war  may  apply  to  the  President 
for  a  license;  and  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant  such  a  license, 
nonexclusive  or  exclusive  as  he  shall  deem  best,  provided  he  shall  be  of  the 
opinion  that  such  grant  is  for  the  public  welfare,  and  that  the  applicant  is 
able  and  intends  in  good  faith  to  manufacture,  or  cause  to  be  manufactured, 
the  machine,  manufacture,  composition  of  matter,  or  design,  or  to  carry  on, 
or  cause  to  be  carried  on,  the  process  or  to  use  the  trade-mark,  print,  label 
or  copyrighted  matter.     The  President  may  prescribe  the  conditions  of  this 
license,  including  the  fixing  of  prices  of  articles  and  products  necessary  to  the 
health  of  the  military  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  or  the  successful 
prosecution  of  the  waf,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  under  which  such  license 
may  be  granted  and  the  fee  which  shall  be  charged  therefor,  not  exceeding 
$100,  and  not  exceeding  one  per  centum  of  the  fund  deposited  as  hereinafter 
provided.     Such  license  shall  be  a  complete  defense  to  any  suit  at  law  or  in 
equity  instituted  by  the  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  owners  of  the  letters  patent, 
trade-mark,  print,  label  or  copyright,  or  otherwise,  against  the  licensee  for  in- 
fringement or  for  damages,  royalty,  or  other  money  award  on  account  of  any- 
thing done  by  the  licensee  under  such  license,  except  as  provided  in  subsection 
(f)  hereof. 

(d)  The  licensee  shall  file  with  the  President  a  full  statement  of  the  extent 
of  the  use  and  enjoyment  of  the  license,  and  of  the  prices  received  in  such 
form  and  at  such  stated  periods  (at  least  annually)  as  the  President  may  pre- 
scribe ;  and  the  licensee  shall  pay  at  such  times  as  may  be  required  to  the  alien 
property  custodian  not  to  exceed  five  per  centum  of  the  gross  sums  received 
by  the  licensee  from  the  sale  of  said  inventions  or  use  of  the  trade-mark,  print, 
label  or  copyrighted  matter  or,  if  the  President  shall  so  order,  five  per  centum 
of  the  value  of  the  use  of  such  inventions,  trade-marks,  prints,  labels  or  copy- 
righted matter  to  the  licensee  as  established  by  the  President ;  and  sums  so  paid 
shall  be  deposited  by  said  alien  property  custodian  forthwith  in  the  Treasury 
of  the  United  States  as  a  trust  fund  for  the  said  licensee  and  for  the  owner 
of  the  said  patent,  trade-mark,  print,  label  or  copyright  registration  as  herein- 
after provided,  to  be  paid  from  the  Treasury  upon  order  of  the  court,  as  pro- 
vided in  subdivision    (f)   of  this  section,  or  upon  the  direction  of  the  alien 
property  custodian. 

(e)  Unless  surrendered  or  terminated  as  provided  in  this  Act,  any  license 
granted  hereunder  shall  continue  during  the  term  fixed  in  the  license  or  in  the 
absence  of  any  such  limitation  during  the  term  of  the  patent,  trade-mark,  print, 
label,  or  copyright  registration  under  which  it  is  granted.     Upon  violation  by 
the  licensee  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  or  of  the  conditions  of  the 
license,  the  President  may,  after  due  notice  and  hearing,  cancel  any  license 
granted  by  him. 

(f)  The  owner  of  any  patent,  trade-mark,  print,  label,  or  copyright  under 
which  a  license  is  granted  hereunder  may,  after  the  end  of  the  war  and  until 
the  expiration  of  one  year  thereafter,  file  a  bill  in  equity  against  the  licensee  in 
the  district  court  of  the  United  States  for  the  district  in  which  the  said  licensee 
resides,  or,  if  a  corporation,  in  which  it  has  its  principal  place  of  business  (to 
which  suit  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  shall  be  made  a  party),  for  re- 
covery from  the  said  licensee  for  all  use  and  enjoyment  of  the  said  patented 
invention,  trade-mark,  print,  label,  or  copyrighted  matter:  Provided,  however, 
That  whenever  suit  is  brought,  as  above,  notice  shall  be  filed  with  the  alien 
property  custodian  within  thirty  days  after  date  of  entry  of  suit:  Provided 
further,  That  the  licensee  may  make  any  and  all  defenses  which  would  be  avail- 
able were  no  license  granted.    The  court  on  due  proceedings  had  may  adjudge 
and  decree  to  the  said  owner  payment  of  a  reasonable  royalty.     The  amount  of 
said  judgment  and  decree,  when  final,  shall  be  paid  on  order  of  the  court  to  the 
owner  of  the  patent  from  the  fund  deposited  by  the  licensee,  so  far  as  such 
deposit  will  satisfy  said  judgment  and  decree;  and  the  said  payment  shall  be 
in  full  or  partial  satisfaction  of  said  judgment  and  decree,  as  the  facts  may 
appear;  and  if,  after  payment  of  all  such  judgments  and  decrees,  there  shall 
remain  any  balance  of  said  deposit,  such  balance  shall  be  repaid  to  the  licensee 
on  order  of  the  alien  property  custodian.    If  no  suit  is  brought  within  one  year 


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after  the  end  of  the  war,  or  no  notice  is  filed  as  above  required,  then  the  licensee 
shall  not  be  liable  to  make  any  further  deposits,  and  all  funds  deposited  by  him 
shall  be  repaid  to  him  on  order  of  the  alien  property  custodian.  Upon  entry 
of  suit  and  notice  filed  as  above  required,  or  upon  repayment  of  funds  as  above 
provided,  the  liability  6t  the  licensee  to  make  further  reports  to  the  President 
shall  cease. 

If  suit  is  brought  as  above  provided,  the  court  may,  at  any  time,  terminate 
the  license,  and  may,  in  such  event,  issue  an  injunction  to  restrain  the  licensee 
from  infringement  thereafter,  or  the  court,  in  case  the  licensee,  prior  to  suit, 
shall  have  made  investment  of  capital  based  on  possession  of  the  license,  may 
continue  the  license  for  such  period  and  upon  such  terms  and  with  such  royal- 
ties as  it  shall  find  to  be  just  and  reasonable. 

(g)  Any  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  may  institute  and  prosecute  suits  in  equity 
against  any  person  other  than  a  licensee  under  this  Act  to  enjoin  infringement 
of  letters  patent,  trade-mark,  print,  label,  and  copyrights  in  the  United  States 
owned  or  controlled  by  said  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  in  the  same  manner  and 
to  the  extent  that  he  would  be  entitled  so  to  do  if  the  United  States  was  not  at 
war:  Provided,  That  no  final  judgment  or  decree  shall  be  entered  in  favor  of 
such  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  by  any  court  except  after  thirty  days'  notice  to 
the  alien  property  custodian.  Such  notice  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  be 
served  in  the  same  manner  as  civil  process  of  Federal  courts. 

(h)  All  powers  of  attorney  heretofore  or  hereafter  granted  by  an  enemy  or 
ally  of  enemy  to  any  person  within  the  United  States,  in  so  far  as  they  may  be 
requisite  to  the  performance  of  acts  authorized  in  subsections  (a)  and  (g)  of 
this  section,  shall  be  valid. 

(i)  Whenever  the  publication  of  an  invention  by  the  granting  of  a  patent 
may,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President,  be  detrimental  to  the  public  safety  or 
defense,  or  may  assist  the  enemy  or  endanger  the  successful  prosecution  of  the 
war,  he  may  order  that  the  invention  be  kept  secret  and  withhold  the  grant  of 
a  patent  until  the  end  of  the  war:  Provided,  That  the  invention  disclosed  in 
the  application  for  said  patent  may  be  held  abandoned  upon  it  being  established 
before  or  by  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  that,  in  violation  of  said  order,  said 
invention  has  been  published  or  that  an  application  for  a  patent  therefor  has 
been  filed  in  any  other  country,  by  the  inventor  or  his  assigns  or  legal  repre- 
sentatives, without  the  consent  or  approval  of  the  commissioner  or  under  a 
license  of  the  President. 

When  an  applicant  whose  patent  is  withheld  as  herein  provided  and  who 
faithfully  obeys  the  order  of  the  President  above  referred  to  shall  tender 
his  invention  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States  for  its  use,  he  shall,  if 
he  ultimately  receives  a  patent,  have  the  right  to  sue  for  compensation  in  the 
Court  of  Claims,  such  right  to  compensation  to  begin  from  the  date  of  the  use 
of  the  invention  by  the  Government. 

SEC.  11.  Whenever  during  the  present  war  the  President  shall  find  that 
the  public  safety  so  requires  and  shall  make  proclamation  thereof  it  shall  be 
unlawful  to  import  into  the  United  States  from  any  country  named  in  such 
proclamation  any  article  or  articles  mentioned  in  such  proclamation  except  at 
such  time  or  times,  and  under  such  regulations  or  orders,  and  subject  to  such 
limitations  and  exceptions  as  the  President  shall  prescribe,  until  otherwise 
ordered  by  the  President  or  by  Congress :  Provided,  however,  That  no  preference 
shall  be  given  to  the  ports  of  one  State  over  those  of  another. 

SEC.  12.  That  all  moneys  (including  checks  and  drafts  payable  on  demand) 
paid  to  or  received  by  the  alien  property  custodian  pursuant  to  this  Act  shall 
be  deposited  forthwith  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  and  may  be 
invested  and  reinvested  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  in  United  States 
bonds  or  United  States  certificates  of  indebtedness,  under  such  rules  and  regu- 
lations as  the  President  shall  prescribe  for  such  deposit,  investment,  and  sale 
of  securities ;  and  as  soon  after  the  end  of  the  war  as  the  President  shall 
deem  practicable,  such  securities  shall  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  deposited 
in  the  Treasury. 

All  other  property  of  an  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  conveyed,  transferred, 
assigned,  delivered,  or  paid  to  the  alien  property  custodian  hereunder  shall  be 
safely  held  and  administered  by  him  except  as  hereinafter  provided;  and  the 
President  is  authorized  to  designate  as  a  depositary,  or  depositaries,  of  property 
of  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy,  any  bank,  or  banks,  or  trust  company,  or  trust 
companies,  or  other  suitable  depositary  or  depositaries,  located  and  doing  busi- 

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178.  TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

ness  in  the  United'  States.  The  alien  property  custodian  may  deposit  with 
such  designated  depositary  or  depositaries,  or  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, any  stocks,  bonds,  notes,  time  drafts,  time  bills  of  exchange,  or  other 
securities,  or  property  (except  money  or  checks  or  drafts  payable  on  demand 
which  are  required  to  be  deposited  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury)  and 
such  depositary  or  depositaries  shall  be  authorized  and  empowered  to  collect 
any  dividends  or  interest  or  income  that  may  become  due  and  any  maturing 
obligations  held  for  the  account  of  such  custodian.  Any  moneys  collected  on 
said  account  shall  be  paid  and  deposited  forthwith  by  said  depositary  or  by 
the  alien  property  custodian  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  as  herein- 
before provided. 

The  President  shall  require  all  such  designated  depositaries  to  execute  and 
file  bonds  sufficient  in  his  judgment  to  protect  property  on  deposit,  such  bonds 
to  be  conditioned  as  he  may  direct. 

The  alien  property  custodian  shall  be  vested  with  all  of  the  powers  of  a  com- 
mon-law trustee  in  respect  of  all  property,  other  than  money,  which  shall  come 
into  his  possession  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and,  acting  under 
the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  President,  and  under  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  the  President  shall  prescribe,  may  manage  such  property  and  do  any 
act  or  things  in  respect  thereof  or  make  any  disposition  thereof  or  of  any  part 
thereof,  by  sale  or  otherwise,  and  exercise  any  rights  which  may  be  or  become 
appurtenant  thereto  or  to  the  ownership  thereof,  if  and  when  necessary  to  pre- 
vent waste  and  protect  such  property  and  to  the  end  that  interests  of  the  United 
States  in  such  property  and  rights  or  of  such  person  as  may  ultimately  become 
entitled  thereto,  or  to  the  proceeds  thereof,  may  be  preserved  and  safeguarded. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  corporation  incorporated  within  the  United  States 
and  every  unincorporated  association,  or  company,  or  trustee,  or  trustees 
within  the  United  States  issuing  shares  or  certificates  representing  beneficial 
interests  to  transfer  such  shares  or  certificates  upon  its,  his,  or  their  books  into 
the  name  of  the  alien  property  custodian  upon  demand,  accompanied  by  the  pres- 
entation of  the  certificates  which  represent  such  shares  or  beneficial  interests. 
The  alien  property  custodian  shall  forthwith  deposit  in  the  Treasury  of  the 
United  States,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the  proceeds  of  any  such  property  or 
rights  so  sold  by  him. 

Any  money  or  property  required  or  authorized  by  the  provisions  of  this  Act 
to  be  paid,  conveyed,  transferred,  assigned,  or  delivered  to  the  alien  property 
custodian  shall,  if  said  custodian  shall  so  direct  by  written  order,  be  paid,  con- 
veyed, transferred,  assigned,  or  delivered  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States 
with  the  same  effect  as  if  to  the  alien  property  custodian. 

After  the  end  of  the  war  any  claim  of  any  enemy  or  of  an  ally  of  enemy  to 
any  money  or  other  property  received  and  held  by  the  alien  property  custodian 
or  deposited  in  the  United  States  Treasury,  shall  be  settled  as  Congress  shall 
direct :  Provided,  however,  That  on  order  of  the  President  as  set  forth  in  section 
nine  hereof,  or  of  the  court,  as  set  forth  in  sections  nine  and  ten  hereof,  the 
alien  property  custodian  or  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  as  the  case  may 
be,  shall  forthwith  convey,  transfer,  assign,  and  pay  to  the  person  to  whom  the 
President  shall  so  order,  or  in  whose  behalf  the  court  shall  enter  final  judgment 
or  decree,  any  property  of  an  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  held  by  said  custodian  or 
by  said  Treasurer,  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  to  comply  with  said  order  of  the 
President  or  said  final  judgment  or  decree  of  the  court :  And  provided  further, 
That  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  on  order  of  the  alien  property  cus- 
todian shall,  as  provided  in  section  ten  hereof,  repay  to  the  licensee  any  funds 
deposited  by  said  licensee. 

SEC.  13.  That,  during  the  present  war,  in  addition  to  the  facts  required  by 
sections  forty-one  hundred  and  ninety-seven,  forty-one  hundred  and  ninety-eight, 
and  forty-two  hundred  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended  by  the  Act  of  June 
fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  to  be  set  out  in  the  master's  and 
shipper's  manifests  before  clearance  will  be  issued  to  vessels  bound  to  foreign 
ports,  the  master  or  person  in  charge  of  any  vessel,  before  departure  of  such 
vessel  from  port,  shall  deliver  to  the  collector  of  customs  of  the  district  wherein 
such  vessel  is  located  a  statement  duly  verified  by  oath  that  the  cargo  is  not 
shipped  or  to  be  delivered  in  violation  of  this  Act,  and  the  owners,  shippers, 
or  consignors  of  the  cargo  of  such  vessels  shall  in  like  manner  deliver  to  the 
collector  like  statement  under  oath  as  to  the  cargo  or  the  parts  thereof  laden 
or  shipped  by  them,  respectively,  which  statement  shall  contain  also  the  names 
and  addresses  of  the  actual  consignees  of  the  cargo,  or  if  the  shipment  is  made 


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to  a  bank  or  other  broker,  factor,  or  agent,  the  names  and  addresses  of  the 
persons  who  are  the  actual  consignees  on  whose  account  the  shipment  is  made. 
The  master  or  person  in  control  of  the  vessel  shall,  on  reaching  port  of  destina- 
tion of  any  of  the  cargo,  deliver  a  copy  of  the  manifest  and  of  the  said  master's, 
owner's,  shipper's,  or  consignor's  statement  to  the  American  consular  officer  of 
the  district  in  which  the  cargo  is  unladen. 

SEC.  14.  That,  during  the  present  war,  whenever  there  is  reasonable  cause  to 
believe  that  the  manifest  or  the  additional  statements  under  oath  required  by 
the  preceding  section  are  false  or  that  any  vessel,  domestic  or  foreign,  is  about 
to  carry  out  of  the  United  States  any  property  to  or  for  the  account  or  benefit 
of  an  enemy,  or  ally  of  enemy,  or  any  property  or  person  whose  export,  taking 
out,  or  transport  will  be  in  violation  of  law,  the  collector  of  customs  for  the 
district  in  which  such  vessel  is  located  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered, 
subject  to  review  by  the  President,  to  refuse  clearance  to  any  such  vessel, 
domestic  or  foreign,  for  which  clearance  is  required  by  law,  and  by  formal 
notice  served  upon  the  owners,  master,  or  person  or  persons  in  command  or 
charge  of  any  domestic  vessel  for  which  clearance  is  not  required  by  law,  to 
forbid  the  departure  of  such  vessel  from  the  port,  and  it  shall  thereupon  be 
unlawful  for  such  vessel  to  depart. 

The  collector  of  customs  shall,  during  the  present  war,  in  each  case  report  to 
the  President  the  amount  of  gold  or  silver  coin  or  bullion  or  other  moneys  of 
the  United  States  contained  in  any  cargo  intended  for  export.  Such  report 
shall  include  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  consignors  and  consignees, 
together  with  any  facts  known  to  the  collector  with  reference  to  such  shipment 
and  particularly  those  which  may  indicate  that  such  gold  or  silver  coin  or 
bullion  or  moneys  of  the  United  States  may  be  intended  for  delivery  or  may  be 
delivered,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  an  enemy  or  an  ally  of  enemy. 

SEC.  15.  That  the  sum  of  $450,000  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  be  used 
in  the  discretion  of  the  President  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  this  Act  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
eighteen,  and  for  the  payment  of  salaries  of  all  persons  employed  under  this 
Act,  together  with  the  necessary  expenses  for  transportation,  subsistence, 
rental  of  quarters  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  books  of  reference,  periodicals, 
stationery,  typewriters  and  exchanges  thereof,  miscellaneous  supplies,  printing 
to  be  done  at  the  Government  Printing  Office,  and  all  other  necessary  expenses 
not  included  in  the  foregoing. 

SEC.  16.  That  whoever  shall  willfully  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Act  or  of  any  license,  rule,  or  regulation  issued  thereunder,  and  whoever  shall 
willfully  violate,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  order  of  the  President 
issued  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  fined  not  more  than  $10,000,  or,  if  a  natural  persofti  imprisoned  for  not 
more  than  ten  years,  or  both;  and  the  officer,  director,  or  agent  of  any  cor- 
poration who  knowingly  participates  in  such  violation  shall  be  punished  by 
a  like  fine,  imprisonment,  or  both,  and  any  property,  funds,  securities,  papers,  or 
other  articles  or  documents,  or  any  vessel,  together  with  her  tackle,  apparel, 
furniture,  and  equipment,  concerned  in  such  violation  shall  be  forfeited  to 
the  United  States. 

SEC.  17.  That  the  district  courts  of  the  United  States  are  hereby  given  juris- 
diction to  make  and  enter  all  such  rules  as  to  notice  and  otherwise,  and  all 
such  orders  and  decrees,  and  to  issue  such  process  as  may  be  necessary  and 
proper  in  the  premises  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  with  a  right  of 
appeal  from  the  final  order  or  decree  of  such  court  as  provided  in  sections  one 
hundred  and  twenty-eight  and  two  hundred  and  thirty-eight  of  the  Act  of 
March  third,  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven,  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise, 
and  amend  the  laws  relating  to  the  judiciary." 

SEC.  18.  That  the  several  courts  of  first  instance  in  the  Philippine  Islands 
and  the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  offenses 
under  this  Act  committed  within  their  respective  districts,  and  concurrent 
jurisdiction  with  the  district  courts  of  the  United  States  of  offenses  under  this 
Act  committed  upon  the  high  seas  and  of  conspiracies  to  commit  such  offenses 
as  defined  by  section  thirty-seven  of  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise, 
and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  approved  March  fourth,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  nine,  and  the  provisions  of  such  section  for  the  purpose 
of  this  Act  are  hereby  extended  to  the  Philippine  Islands  and  to  the  Canal  Zone. 

SEC.  19.  That  ten  days  after  the  approval  of  this  Act  and  until  the  end  of 


180    TREATIES  AND  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL. 

the  war,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  association, 
to  print,  publish,  or  circulate,  or  cause  to  be  printed,  published,  or  circulated 
in  any  foreign  language,  any  news  item,  editorial  or  other  printed  matter, 
respecting  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  nation  engaged  in 
the  present  war,  its  policies,  international  relations,  the  state  or  conduct  of 
the  war,  or  any  matter  relating  thereto :  Provided,  That  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  any  print,  newspaper,  or  publication  where  the  publisher  or  distributor 
thereof,  on  or  before  offering  the  same  for  mailing,  or  in  any  manner  distribut- 
ing it  to  the  public,  has  filed  with  the  postmaster  at  the  place  of  publication, 
in  the  form  of  an  affidavit,  a  true  and  complete  translation  of  the  entire  arti- 
cle containing  such  matter  proposed  to  be  published  in  such  print,  newspaper, 
or  publication,  and  has  caused  to  be  printed,  in  plain  type  in  the  English 
language,  at  the  head  of  each  such  item,  editorial,  or  other  matter,  on  each 
copy  of  such  print,  newspaper,  or  publication,  the  words  "True  translation 
filed  with  the  postmaster  at  on  (naming  the  post  office  where  the 

translation  was  filed,  and  the  date  of  filing  thereof),  as  required  by  the  Act 
of  (here  giving  the  date  of  this  Act). 

Any  print,  newspaper,  or  publication  in  any  foreign  language  which  does  not 
conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  section  is  hereby  declared  to  be  nonmailable, 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  association,  to 
transport,  carry,  or  otherwise  publish  or  distribute  the  same,  or  to  transport, 
carry  or  otherwise  publish  or  distribute  any  matter  which  is  made  nonmailable 
by  the  provisions  of  the  Act  relating  to  espionage,  approved  June  fifteenth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen:  Provided  further,  That  upon  evidence  satis- 
factory to  him  that  any  print,  newspaper,  or  publication,  printed  in  a  foreign 
language  may  be  printed,  published,  and  distributed  free  from  the  foregoing 
restrictions  and  conditions  without  detriment  to  the  United  States  in  the  con- 
duct of  the  present  war  the  President  may  cause  to  be  issued  to  the  print- 
ers or  publishers  of  such  print,  newspaper,  or  publication,  a  permit  to  print, 
publish,  and  circulate  the  issue  or  issues  of  their  print,  newspaper,  or  publica- 
tion, free  from  such  restrictions  and  requirements,  such  permifs  to  be  subject 
to  revocation  at  his  discretion.  And  the  Postmaster  General  shall  cause  copies 
of  all  such  permits  and  revocations  of  permits  to  be  furnished  to  the  postmaster 
of  the  post  office  serving  the  place  from  which  the  print,  newspaper,  or  publica- 
tion, granted  the  permit  is  to  emanate.  All  matter  printed,  published  and 
distributed  under  permits  shall  bear  at  the  head  thereof  in  plain  type  in  the 
English  language,  the  words,  "  Published  and  distributed  under  permit  author- 
ized by  the  Act  of  (here  giving  date  of  this  Act),  on  file  at  the  post 
office  of  (giving  name  of  office.)" 

Any  person  who  shall  make  an  affidavit  containing  any  false  statement  in 
connection  with  the  translation  provided  for  in  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of 
the  crime  of  perjury  and  subject  to  the  punishment  provided  therefor  by  section 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  of  the  Act  of  March  fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine,  entitled  "An  Act  to  codify,  revise,  and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United 
States,"  and  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  association,  violating  any  other 
requirement  of  this  section  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  $500,  or  by  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  one  year,  or,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  court,  may  be  both  fined  and  imprisoned. 

Approved,  October  6,  1917. 


INDEX. 


Absence :  Page. 

Appointments  during,  of  joint  commissioners  or  umpire 17 

District  judge  to  have  leave  of 78 

Injured  employees  allowed  leave  of,  in  lieu  of  other  compensation 46 

Lay-over  days,  appropriations  not  to  be  used  for  payment  of 49,  61,  72,  87,  93 

Accident : 

Locks  and  canal  works 79, 125 

Personal  injury  of  employees. __  41,  45,  46,  52,  61,  62,  76,  87, 101,  111,  127-133 

Vessels  in  locks 1 76, 110,  111 

See  also  Injury  compensation. 

Accounts  and  accounting:  ^ 

Auditor  for  War  Department  to  audit  canal 31,  90,  99,  111,  120, 151 

Dockery  Act  to  determine  rendition  of  canal 103 

Consolidation  of,  for  Panama  Railroad  and  Canal  Zone  government 103 

Examination  of  canal 113 

Accountants  not  to  be  employed  to  install  or  modify  accounting  systems—        93 

Achilles  (collier)  : 

Bitumastic  enamel  covering  for 121 

Installation  of  gun  foundations  on 127 

Self-discharging  equipment  for 120, 121 

Acknowledgment  of  deeds  and  other  instruments  in  Canal  Zone  to  affect 
lands  in  District  of  Columbia  and  Territories a 35 

Adding  machines,  exchange  of 103, 116 

Administration  Building,  Panama  City,  President  authorized  to  sell,  to 
Republic  of  Panama 73 

Administration  of  civil  affairs,  duty  of  district  attorney  to  advise  gov- 
ernor of 78 

Administrative  duties  of  civil  administration  to  be  performed  by  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal . 77 

Admiralty  cases,  district  court  of  Canal  Zone  to  have  jurisdiction  over_        78 

Ad  valorem  taxes  in  Canal  Zone  may  be  collected  by  authority  of  Presi- 
dent       124 

Advertisement : 

Panama  Canal  bonds 29 

Sale  of  obsolete  and  surplus  material,  supplies,  and  equipment  with- 
out         61 

Aerial  defense  of  canal : 

Appropriations 153 

Secretary  of  War  to  submit  requirements  for 144 

Agreement : 

Adjustment  of  claims  for  damages  to  vessels  in  locks 76, 110,  111 

Boundary,  between  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  Tom^s  Arias 20,  21 

Damages  to  lands 75,  86, 100,  111,  120 

Neutrality,  between  United  States  and  Republic  of  Panama 20 

Private  radio  companies,  to  protect  canal  radio  stations  from  interfer- 
ence         77 

Reciprocal  use  of  roads  of  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama 124, 125 

See  also  Contracts  and  treaties. 

Agriculture,  Department  of,  appropriation  for  weather  stations  in  Panama 

Canal 124,146 

Aids  to  navigation : 

Bona  Island  and  Cape  Mala  Lights 111,  114 

Toro  Point  Light,  no  payments  to  be  made  for  maintenance  of 

Airships,  appropriations  for 153 

Alaska,  authority  to  transfer  canal  construction  equipment  for  railroads 
in 91,  92 

Alien  property  custodian: 

Appointment  of,  by  President  authorized 171 

Duties  of 172, 177, 178 

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n  INDEX. 

Aliens :  Page. 

Cripples,  injury  compensation 151 

Hours-of-service  act  not  applicable  to,  canal  construction  laborers 34,  36 

Immigration  of,  into  United  States  from  Canal  Zone 37, 143, 144 

Injury  compensation  for,  employees 133 

Return  to  Canal  Zone  of 125 

Amortization  of  loan  to  Republic  of  Panama  for  water  and  sewer  con- 
struction          15 

Anchorage : 

Colon  and  Panama  Harbors,  United  States  given  right  to  use,  for 16 

Dues — 

Vessels  using  canal  exempt  from  payment  of,  to  Republic  of 

Panama 16 

Vessels   in  distress   exempt  from  payment  of,   to   Republic  of 

Panama 17, 18 

Ancon,  boundary  between  Panama  City  and 21,  22 

Ancon  (steamship)  not  to  be  reboilered  from  canal  appropriation  or  trans- 
ferred to  Secretary  of  Navy 121, 152 

Anniversary,  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  to  celebrate  four 

hundredth,  of  discovery*of  Pacific  Ocean 58,  59,  89,  90,  95,  96,  98,  99 

Appeal : 

District  court  judgments 77,  79,  80 

Magistrate's  court  judgments 78 

Appointments : 

Constables 77 

District  attorney 78 

District  judge ' 78 

Employees  of  Panama  Canal 75 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal 75 

Joint  commission 17 

Magistrates 77 

Military  or  naval  employees  for  canal  service 75 

Notaries  public 77,  78 

Umpire  for  joint  commission 17 

Appraisal  of  damages  to  private  lands  and  property  in  Canal  Zone  to  be 

made  by  joint  commission 15 

Approaches,  canal.    See  Canal. 
Appropriation : 

Army 30,  82,  93, 126, 149, 154, 155, 167 

Buildings  and  necessary  municipal  improvement 102, 167 

Colombia,  payment  to 27,  50,  53 

Consolidation  of 103, 109 

Construction  of  canal 27-29,  30-36,  38-41,  42-44.  47-52,  55-62, 

70-74,  85-90,  92,  93,  99-104, 109-113, 120-123, 142, 150-154 

Consolidation  of 103 

Contracts  entered  into  may  be  paid  out  of  other 39,  52 

Expenditures  payable  from  sale  of  Panama  Canal  bonds 29,  32,  33,  36, 

39,  44,  49,  51,  60,  72,  87, 101, 121, 151 

Extension    of 31,  32,  39,  41 

Transfer  of 39 

Costa  Rica,  payment  to 28 

Customs  duties  collected  in  United  States  on  canal  equipment,  etc., 

reappropriated 44 

Damages  to  lands  and  property 86, 100,  111,  120, 151 

Deductions  from  employees'  pay  for  transportation,   etc.,  reappro- 
priated         40 

Deficiency 30-34,  36,  40,  41,  50-52, 

83,  84,  92,  93, 109, 116-118, 142, 148, 154, 155 

Diplomatic  and  Consular   Service 29,32.34,37,42, 

47,  53,  58,  59,  62,  83,  95, 115, 116, 119, 145 
Estimates — 

Examination  on  Isthmus 111 

Organization  to  be  same  as 61,  72, 87, 121, 152 

Preparation    of 33,  57,  58,  88, 101, 103, 104,  111,  112 

Expenditures  to  be  made  only  from 33 

Extension   of 31,  32,  39,  41,  63,  64,  65,  70,  96,  97 


INDEX.  in 

Appropriation — Continued.  Page. 

Fortification   of   canal 61,  72,  73,  87,  88,  92,  93, 

101, 102, 112, 113, 122, 142, 143, 144, 148.  153-155, 167 

Consolidation  of 109 

Hospitals  in   Panama 29,32,34,37,42,47,53,59 

Joint  commission,  payment  not  to  be  made  of  salaries  or  awards  for 

any  lease  or  contract  of  Panama  Railroad 113, 123 

Legislative,  executive,  and  judicial 31,  97, 115, 118, 145 

Military  Establishment 30,  82,  93,  126,  H64,  155,  167 

Municipal  improvements,  Panama  and  Colon 48 

Naval  Establishment 59,  70,  83,  95,  96,  114,  126,  127,  146,  154,  155,  167 

Not  to  be  considered  permanent  or  continuous 74 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.,  payment  to 27 

Nicaragua,  payment  to 28 

Operation  and  maintenance  of  canal 85-90,  92,  93,  99-104, 

109-113, 120-123, 142, 150-154 

Consolidation  of 103 

Damages  to  vessels  to  be  paid  from 76 

Examination  of  canal  accounts  to  be  paid  from 113 

Panama,  payments  to 17,  31,  50,  53,  84,  92, 109, 118, 119, 145 

Quarantine  station  not  to  be  constructed  or  established 121 

Receipts  and  revenues  of  Canal  Zone  government  reappropriated 39, 

44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Receipts  from  sales,  etc.,  reappropriated 44,  49,  57,  73,  77, 

.  84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151, 152 

Seamen,  relief  and  protection  of  American 29,32,34,37,42, 

47,  53,  58,  62,  83,  95, 116, 119, 142, 145, 167 
Sundry  civil — 

1907 35 

1908 38-40 

1909 42^4 

1910 : 47-49 

1911 55-58 

1912 59-62 

1913 70-74" 

1914 85-90 

1915 97-104 

1916 110-113 

1917  _.    119-123 

1918 150-154 

Correction  of  error  in 166 

Water  rentals,  etc.,  Panama  and  Colon,  reappropriated 84, 103, 112, 122 

Weather  stations  in  Panama  Canal 124,146 

Aris,  Tomas,  boundary  agreement  between  Governor  of  Canal  Zone  and-  20,  21 
Armament.    See  Fortification  and  defense. 

Arms  intended  for  export,  seizure  of 160,161 

Army: 

Appropriation 30,  82,  93, 126, 149 

Barracks,  quarters,  and  municipal  improvements  in  Canal  Zone 88, 

102, 126, 167 

Control  of  canal  by  officer  designated  by  President 81 

Detail  of  officers  on  detached  duty 81,  82, 93,  94 

Draft  only  for  length  of  war - —       155 

Enlistment  in,  punishment  for  interference  with 148 

Hospital  treatment  for  Canal  Zone  garrisons 115, 116, 126, 149 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission  to  have  one  member  officer  of 

Panama  Railroad  contracts  with,  bonds  not  required 62 

Pay- 
Additional,  for  service  in  Panama 

Deduction  of,  from  canal  salary 75, 118 

Retired,  in  addition  to  canal  salary 50 

Recognition  of  services  of  officers  detailed  for  canal  construction 117, 

126,  ]44 

•  Remains  of  employees,  disposition  of 110,119,120.150. 

Sanitation  and  medical  supplies  for  Canal  Zone  posts 126, 149, 154 

Tour  of  duty  in  Canal  Zone 115 

See  also  Fortification  and  defense,  and  Navy. 
Artillery.    See  Army,  and  Fortification  and  defense. 


IV  INDEX. 

Page. 
Artistic  character  of  structures  of  canal,  Commission  of  Fine  Arts  may 

make  report  on 75 

Assessment : 

Damages  to  private  lands  and  property 15 

Taxes  in  Canal  Zone 124 

Assistant  clerk  of  district  court  of  Canal  Zone 78 

Associations,  prohibition  of  payment  of  membership  fees  or  dues  in 89 

Attorney,  district.     See  District  attorney. 

Attorney  versed  in  Spanish  law,  employment  authorized 93 

Auditor  of  Panama  Canal,  report  of  examination  of  canal  accounts  to  be 

made  to 113 

Auditor   for   the   War   Department   to   audit   accounts   of   canal 31, 

90,  99,  111,  120, 151 

Detail  of  examiner  of  canal  accounts  on  Isthmus  by 113 

Automobiles : 

Authority   to   purchase 100, 110, 120, 150 

Estimates  to  include,  to  be  purchased 97 

Road  regulations  and  taxation  of 124, 125 

Awards  of  joint  commission : 

Appropriations  for  payment  of 86,100,111,120,151 

Appropriations  not  to  be  used  for  payment  of,  for  claims  for  leases  of 

contracts  of  Panama  Railroad 113, 123 

United  States  to  pay 15 

Baggage  of  Panama  police  given  free  transportation  over  railroad 18 

Bail,  acceptance  of,  by  magistrate 77 

Balboa : 

Boundary  between  Panama  City  and 21 

Culebra  Island  quarantine  station  removed  to 101 

District  court  of  Canal  Zone,  division  of 78 

Ballast,  tolls  for  vessels  in 76 

Banton,  Pembroke  B.,  compensation  for  injury 44 

Barges,  appropriation  for  construction  of  coal 151 

Barracks : 

Army 88, 102, 126. 167 

Marine 40,  83, 114 

Basis : 

Assessment  of  tolls 76,  94 

Value  of  damages  to  lands  and  property 15 

Bay  of  Panama,  islands  in,  transferred  to  United  States 14,  31 

Belligerents,  use  of  canal  by 9, 12, 13 

Bitumastic  enamel  for  colliers 121 

Black,  Lieut.  Col.  William  M.,  payment  for  services  rendered  Isthmian 

Canal   Commission 34 

Blockade  of  canal 9, 12 

Board,  district  attorney  or  marshal  not  to  serve  on  any 78 

Board  of  consulting  engineers,  lock  canal  to  be  constructed  as  recom- 
mended by  minority  of 35 

Boca  Chica.     See  Folks  River. 

Bona  Island  Light 111,  114 

Bond(s)  : 

Magistrate's    courts 77 

Panama  Canal — 

Expenditures  for  canal  construction  payable  from  sale  of 29. 

32,  33,  36,  39,  44,  49,  51,  60,  72,  87, 101, 121, 151 

Issuance   of 29,  32 

Sale  of,  to  buy  vessels  for  United  States  Shipping  Board 137 

Sale  of,  to  reimburse  Treasury  for  cost  of  canal  construction 51 

Security  for  circulation  of  national  bank  notes,  not  to  be  used  as_        58 

Panama  Railway  Co.,  payment  of  outstanding 38 

Surety — 

Disbursing  clerks',   in  Washington,   to   cover  acting  disbursing 

clerk 49 

Panama  Railroad  not  required  to  give,  in  contracts  with  Govern- 
ment departments 62 

Rates  for,  for  employees  of  United  States 51 


INDEX.  V 

Page. 

Bonus  not  to  be  paid  any  employee  except  for  suggestions 123 

Book  of  Estimates.     See  Estimates. 
Boundary : 

Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama 14,  20,  74 

Subdivisions  of  Canal  Zone 77 

Breach  of  peace  unlawful 125 

Brito,  authority  to  construct  Nicaraguan  Canal  to 

Brooke,    Lieut.   Mark,   payment   for   services    rendered    Isthmian   Canal 

Commission 34 

Bryan,  W.  J.,  proclamation  of  boundary  convention  by 

Buckholdt.  Joseph  A.,  compensation  for  injury 123 

Buildings : 

Administration,  Panama  City,  sale  to  Republic  of  Panama 73 

Army 88, 102, 126, 167 

Legation,  Panama  City,  transferred  to  State  Department 121, 152 

Marine   Corps 40,  83, 114 

Office,  authority  to  construct 87 

Panama  and  Colon,  may  be  acquired  for  canal  purposes 15 

Rental  of  Panama  Canal  Building  (Washington,  D.  C.) 42, 

47,  56,  59,  71,  85,  99, 110, 120, 150 

Rentals  from  Canal  Zone  government,  reappropriated 39, 

44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Bulwer,  Sir  Henry  Lytton,  negotiation  of  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  by 9 

Bunau-Varilla,  Philippe,  negotiation  of  canal  treaty  by 14 

Burrows,  John,  compensation  for  injury 109 

Business,  taxation  for  carrying  on,  in  Canal  Zone 124, 125 

Camp  Elliott,  repairs  to  marine  barracks  and  officers'  quarters  at 40 

Canal : 

Appropriations.     See  Appropriations. 
Bonds.     See  Panama  Canal  bonds. 

Canal  Zone  considered  as  adjunct  to 77 

Construction,  authority  for 27,  28 

Control  by  Army  officer  during  hostilities 81 

Damage  to,  punishment  for 79, 125 

Dimensions  to  be  sufficient  to  accommodate  all  vessels 27 

Entrances — 

.  Neutralization  of 18 

Ports  at,  to  be  free  of  all  charges  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Surveys  by  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey 98 

Lock  type,  to  be  constructed 35 

Navigation  through,  President  authorized  to  make  rules  and  regula- 
tions for 76 

Opening — 

Exposition  to  celebrate 58,  59 

Official  and  formal 75,  93 

Operation  and  maintenance — 

Authority  of  President  for 27,  75 

District  attorney  to  advise  governor  regarding 78 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal  to  have  charge  of 77 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

Protection 10,  11,  19,  27,  30 

See  also  Fortification  and  defense. 

Purchase 14,  27-29,  31 

Right  of  way  across  Isthmus,  monopoly  of 15 

Route 27-29,30 

Sea-level,  not  to  be  constructed 35 

Submarine  mines  and  nets 154, 155 

Treaties  affecting 9-25 

Canal  Zone: 

Acknowledgment  of  deeds  and  other  instruments  in,  to  affect  land  in 

District  of  Columbia  and  Territories 

Adjunct  to  Panama  Canal 77 

Army  service  not  more  than  3  years  in 115 


VI  INDEX. 

Canal  Zone — Continued.  Pase- 

Boundary — 

Republic  of  Panama  and 14  ,20,  74 

Subdivisions 77 

Civil  rights  of  inhabitants  guaranteed 31 

Codification  of  laws  and  acquisition  of  land  by  special  attorney 93 

Control  by  Army  officer  during  hostilities 81 

Courts — 

Abolishment  of  old 74,  75,  78 

Circuit,  district  court  to  have  same  jurisdiction  as 78 

District- 
Appeals  from  judgments  of 77,  79,  80 

Enforcement  of  espionage  act  by 160, 166 

Establishment 78 

Jurisdiction  over  offenses  committed  in  the  Canal  Zone  under 

trading  with  the  enemy  act .      179 

Rules  of  practice 78 

Duties   of   clerks   and   ministerial   officers   transferred   to   new 

courts 78 

Establishment  of,  authority  of  President  for 27 

Magistrate — 

Appeals  from  judgments 78 

Duties  of  constables  and  magistrates 77 

Establishment  of 77 

Practice  and  procedure  of  old,  applicable  to  new  courts 78 

Records  and  proceedings  of  old,  transferred  to  new  courts 78 

Supreme,  abolishment  and  continuance  of  until  cases  have  been 

disposed  of 78 

Depopulation  and  punishment  for  unlawful  residence  or  entry 75,  79, 125 

Designation  of 31,  74 

Espionage  act  applicable  to 157, 166 

Exportations  to  United  States  from 31 

Extradition  laws 17,  81 

Funds — 

Consolidation  of  accounting,  disbursing,  and  receiving 103 

Receipts  from  rentals,  etc.,  reappropriated__  39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 
Gatun  Lake  islands,  waters,  and  land  accessible  only  over  Canal 

Zone  part  of 20,  21 

Government — 

Army  officer  during  hostilities,  jurisdiction  over 81 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal,  jurisdiction  over . 77 

Panama  Canal  act ^ 74-81 

President  of  United  States,  jurisdiction  over 31,  75, 124 

Temporary 30 

Health  regulations,  authority  of  President  to  make 124 

Immigration  of  aliens  into  United  States  from 37, 143, 144 

Insane  Americans  transferred  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital 152 

Lands — 

All,  necessary  for  canal  purposes 75 

Acquisition  of  additional  land  from  Republic  of  Panama 74 

Appropriations  for  purchase  of 86, 100,  111,  120, 151 

Use,  control,  and  ownership  of,  authority  to  lease  same,  but  all 

mineral,  oil,  and  gas  rights  reserved  to  United  States 46 

Laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances — 

Breach  of  peace  or   disorderly,   indecent,   or  immoral   conduct 

unlawful 125 

Punishment  for  violation  of  regulations 125 

Ratification  of 74 

Militia 119 

National  defense  act  applicable  to 118, 119 

Quarantine  regulations,  authority  of  President  to  make 124 

Railroad  liability  act  applicable  to 41 

Republic  of  Panama,  payments  to 17,50,53,84,92,109,118,119 

Road  regulations 124, 125 

Seamen  laws  of  United  States  applicable  to 125 

Sanitation — 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

Regulations,  authority  of  President  to  make 124 


INDEX.  VII 


Canal  Zone  —  Continued. 

Taxation  in  _____________________________________________________      124 

Towns,  President  to  determine  what,  shall  exist  in  ________________        77 

Transferred  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama  ---------------      ,  14 

Waters,  Republic  of  Panama  granted  easement  over  and  through, 

in  and  about  Limon  and  Manzanillo  Bays  ----------------------        24 

White-slave  act  applicable  to  -----------------------------------  «-_        55 

Cape  Mala  Light  ___________________________________________________  111,  114 

Capture  : 

Criminals,  fugitives  from  justice,  etc  ______________________________        17 

Vessels  exempted  from,  by  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  ------------------ 

Cargo,  regulations  governing  manifests  during  war  ---------------------      178 

Cars,  free  entry  of,  for  canal  purposes  --------------------------------        17 

Censoring  of  communications,  President  authorized  to  direct  ________  :  ----      169 

Center  line  of  canal,  5  miles  on  eadh  side  of,  granted  to  United  States 
by  Republic  of  Panama  ____________________________________________        14 

Central  America,  control  over  and  treaty  agreements  to  be  made  with, 
for  construction  of  canal,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  --------------------    9,  10 

Certification  of  documents  by  consular  officers,  fees  for  -----------------      125 

Chairman  of  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  : 

Designation  of  ___________________________________________________ 

Injury  claims  may  be  settled  by  ----------------------------------  61,  62 

See  also  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  Governor  of  Panama 

Canal. 
Changes  in  tolls  by  President,  notice  of  ________________________________        75 

Charity  patients,  maintenance  in  hospitals  of,  from  Canal  Zone  funds  ----       44, 

49,  57,  61,  73,  88 

Chartered  vessels  of  violators  of  Sherman  antitrust  law  prohibited  from 
using  canal  ________________________________________________________ 

Checks,  reports  of  outstanding  and  unpaid  ----------------------------      123 

Circuit  court  : 

Canal  Zone,  jurisdiction  transferred  to  district  court  _______________        78 

United  States- 

Appeals  to  and  from  ____________________________  .  _____________  79,  80 

Detail  of  judge  to  act  as  district  judge  of  Canal  Zone  _________        78 

Cities  : 

Canal  Zone  towns  to  be  determined  by  President  ___________________        77 

Colon  and  Panama  City  — 

Appropriation  for  municipal  improvements  in  ------------------        48 

Boundary  between  Canal  Zone  and  ____________________________  20-25 

Canal  Zone  does^not  include,  nor  harbors  ______________________        14 

Collection  and  disposition  of  sewage  and  distribution  of  water, 

sanitation  in,  etc  ___________________________________________        15 

Harbors  — 

Use  of,  granted  to  United  States  __________________________ 

Vessels  using  canal  granted  free  use  of  ____________________        16 

Land,  buildings,  etc.,  for  canal  purposes,  United  States  granted 

authority  to  acquire  _______________________________________        15 

Order  to  be  maintained  by  United  States  if  Republic  of  Panama 
is  unable  to  do  so  __________  -  _______________________________ 

Sanitary  ordinances  of  United  States  to  be  complied  with  -------        15 

Citizens  : 

Constables  must  be  United  States  ___________________  77 

Employment  of,  of  Republic  of  Panama  ____________ 

Jurors  must  be  United  States  ____________________________________ 

Magistrates  must  be  United  States  _______________________________        77 

Transfer  of  insane  American,  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital  _____________      152 

Watch  officers  on  United  States  vessels  in  foreign  trade,  suspension 

of  requirement  that  must  be  United  States  _____________________      105 

See  also  Aliens. 

Administration  of  Canal  Zone  ---------------------------------  31,77,78 

Cases,  jurisdiction  of  Canal  Zone  courts  ------------------------  25,  77,  78 

Rights  of  inhabitants  of  Canal  Zone  guaranteed  --------------------        31 

Civilians  : 

Employment  of,  engineers  authorized  for  construction  of  canal  ------ 

Hospital  treatment  for,  employees  of  Army  -------------  115,  116,  126,  149 


VIII  INDEX. 

Claims :  Page. 

Damage  to  vessels  in  locks 76, 110,  111,  151 

Injury,  for  personal  injuries  to  employees,  President  authorized  to 

establish  method  for  determination  of 76 

Land  and  property 75, 113, 123, 151 

McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co 94 

Panama  Railroad,  against  Navy  Department  for  damage  to  pontoons-  37 

Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 9-11 

Clayton,  John  M.,  negotiation  of  treaty  by I  9 

Clearance,  authority  to  withhold,  from  any  vessels  bringing  undesirables 

to  Isthmus  until  fine  and  cost  of  maintenance  has  been  paid 125 

Clerks  of  court : 

Appointment  of " 78 

Duties  of,  of  old  courts  transferred  to  new  courts—  78 
Clothing : 

Free  entry  for,  for  canal  purposes 17 

Gratuities  to  discharged  indigent  prisoners 111,  121, 151 

Coal,  authority  to  supply,  to  vessels 77 

Coaling  stations: 

Appropriations  for 72 

Republic  of  Panama  to  sell  or  lease  lands  to  United  States  for 19 

Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey ;  surveys  at  canal  entrances  by 98, 110, 120, 150 

Coast  Artillery.     See  Army,  and  Fortification  and  defense. 
Coastwise  trade  of  United  States : 

Foreign-built  vessels  not  to  engage  in 76 

Repeal  of  tolls  exemption  for  vessels  in 94 

Tolls  exemption  for  vessels  in 75 

Violators  of  Sherman  Antitrust  Act  in,  prohibited  from  using  canal__  80 

Coca  leaves,  registration  and  taxation  of  sale  of 105-109 

Cocaine,  regulation  of  importation  and  use  of 91, 105-109 

Coco  Solo  Point,  submarine  base,  appropriation  for 167 

Codification  of  Canal  Zone  laws,  authority  to  employ  attorney  for 93 

Coggan,  Clifford  J.,  compensation  for  death  of 83 

Coin  or  bullion,  reports  of  shipments  during  war  to  be  made  by  collectors 

of  customs 179 

Cole,  John  H.,  compensation  for  injury 83 

Colliers : 

Appropriations  for  construction  of 86, 100, 121, 151 

Bitumastic  enamel  covering  for 121 

Installation  of  gun  foundations  on 127 

Transfer  of  Panama  Railroad  steamships  to  Navy  for  use  as 43, 121 

Colombia : 

Authority  to  acquire  Canal  Zone  from 27 

Panama  Railroad  subsidy  to,  not  required  to  be  paid  to  United  States.  57 

Payment  of  installments  due  Republic  of  Panama  transferred  to 50,  53 

Rights  of,  vested  in  Republic  of  Panama  transferred  to  United  States_  16 
Sovereignty  of  territory  of,  on  Isthmus  of  Panama  vested  in  Republic 

of  Panama 14 

Vessels  of  either,  Nicaragua  or  Costa  Rica  to  be  granted  use  of  canal-  28 
Colon : 

Appropriation  for  municipal  improvements  in 48 

Boundary  between  Canal  Zone  and 20-25 

Canal  Zone  does  not  include,  nor  harbor 14 

Collection  and  disposition  of  sewage  and  distribution  of  water,  sani- 
tation, etc 15 

Harbor — 

Use  of,  granted  to  United  States 16 

Vessels  using  canal  granted  free  use  of 16 

Hospital,  conversion  into  quarantine  station 101 

Land,  buildings,  etc.,  for  canal  purposes  may  be  acquired  by  United 

States 15 

Order  to  be  maintained  by  United  States  if  Republic  of  Panama  is 

unable  to  do  so 16 

Sanitary  ordinances  of  United  States  to  be  complied  with 15 

Vessels  trading  with,  permitted  to  land  at  Panama  Railroad  sea  wall 
without  wharfage  charge,  and  to  have  access  from  harbor  through 

waters  of  Canal  Zone 24 


INDEX.  IX 

Page. 

Comba,  Alessandro,  compensation  for  injury 64 

Commerce,  interference  with  (espionage  act) 155-166 

Commissary  supplies,  appropriation  to  pay  fire  losses  of  Panama  Rail- 
road  44,  49,  57,  61 

Commission : 

Fine  Arts,  permitted  to  report  on  artistic  character  of  structures  of 

canal 75 

Service  of  district  attorney  or  marshal  on  any,  prohibited 78 

Commitment,  jurisdiction  of  magistrate's  courts  in,  to  District  Court  of 

Canal  Zone 77 

Common  carrier : 

Liability  of,  for  injury  of  employees 41,  52 

Prohibition  of,  acquiring  control  of  competing  water  carriers  and 

using    canal 79 

Compensation : 

Army  and  Navy — 

Additional,  for  service  in  Panama 30 

Deduction  of,  from  Panama  Canal  pay 28,  75 

Retired,  in  addition  to  Panama  Canal  pay 50 

Constables,  fixed  by  President 77 

Contributions  not  to  be  made  to  Government  employees' 145 

District    attorney 78 

District  judge 78 

Employees  of  canal 27,  28,  40,  75,  93 

Estimates  to  show  salaries 33 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal 75 

Correction  of  error  in 166 

Higher,  prohibited  for  temporary  promotion 104 

Increased,  not  to  apply  to  Panama  Canal  employees 153-154 

Increased  rate — 

Can  not  be  granted  within  one  year  next  preceding  proposed  em- 
ployment in  another  executive  department 168 

Transfer  at,  prohibited 167 

Injury  regulations 41,  45,  46,  52,  61,  62,  76,  87,  101,  111,  127-133 

See   also   Injury   compensation. 

Magistrates,  fixed  by  President 77 

Marshal 78 

Traveling  temporarily  away  from  Isthmus 40 

Two  or  more  salaries  more  than  $2,000,  prohibition  of  payment  of__      118, 

126, 127 
Competition : 

Common  carriers  prohibited  from  controlling  water  competitors  or 

using  canal 79 

Violators  of  Sherman  Antitrust  Act  prohibited  from  using  canal 80 

Completion  of  canal : 

Exposition  to  celebrate 58,  59 

Official  and  formal  opening  upon 75 

Comptroller  of  Treasury  to  detail  examiner  for  examination  of  canal  ac- 
counts on  Isthmus 113 

Concessions : 

New  Panama  Canal  Co 16,  20 

Panama  Railroad  Co 16,  20,  24 

Rights  granted  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama  free  of  all 18 

Confederation  of  States,  rights  of  United  States  under  treaty  not  to  be 

affected  if  Republic  of  Panama  enters  into 19 

Confiscation,  canal  or  construction  property  to  be  protected  from,  Clayton- 
Bui  wer  treaty 10 

Congress  of  United  States: 

Information  to  be  furnished 29 

Laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances  for  Canal  Zone  ratified 

until,  shall  otherwise  provide 74 

Reports  to  be  made  to 29,  33,  77 

Commission  of  Fine  Arts  on  artistic  structures  of  canal 75 

McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co.  claims 94 

Method  of  submitting 104, 113, 123 

Thanks  of,  extended  to  certain  officers  of  Army,  Navy,  and  Public 
Health  Service  for  construction  of  canal 117, 126 


X  INDEX. 

Consolidation :  Page. 

Appropriations 103, 109 

Files  and  records— 72,87,101,111 

Receiving,  disbursing,  and  accounting  for  funds  of  Panama  Railroad 

and  Canal  Zone  government 103 

Conspiracy,  espionage  act 155-166 

Constables,  appointment,  compensation,  duties 77 

Constitution : 

Republic  of  Panama,  employment  of  citizens  in  accordance  with 25 

United  States,  appeals  from  judgments  of  District  Court  of  Canal 

Zone  regarding 79 

Construction : 
Buildings — 

Army 88, 102, 126, 167 

Office,  authority  to  construct 87 

Marine  Corps 40,  83, 114 

Canal — 

Appropriations.     See  Appropriations. 

Authority  for 27,  28 

Detail  of  Army  officers  during 93,  94 

Not  to  be  interfered  with  or  delayed  pending  awards  of  joint 

commission 15 

Ratification  of  laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances 74 

Recognition  of  services  of  Army,  Navy,  and  Public  Health  officers 

in 117, 126, 144 

Reports  to  be  made  of 33 

Wage  scale  during 93 

See  also  Canal. 

Colliers  authorized 86, 100, 121, 151 

Panama  Railroad,  relocation : 33,  44,  48,  57,  60 

Consular : 

Officers,  shipping  commissioner,  anci  deputy  shipping  commissioners 
of  Canal  Zone  given  same  powers  as  United  States,  regarding  sea- 
men of  United  States  vessels  on  foreign  voyages 125 

Regulations,  fees  for  certification  of  documents  by  Canal  Zone  cus- 
toms officers  to  be  same  as  fixed  in 125 

Service  appropriations—  29,  32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  58,  59,  62,  83,  95, 115, 116, 119 

Contour  line  of  Gatun  Lake  to  be  sketched  upon  special  map : 21 

Contraband : 

Establishment  of  customhouses  by  Republic  of  Panama  in  Canal 

Zone  to  prevent  trade 16 

Seizure  of  arms,  etc.,  during  war 160,  161 

Con  tract  (s)  : 

Canal  construction,  authority  to  enter  into 39,  40,  51 

Employees,  unhindered  immigration  of 17 

Panama  Railroad — 

Payment  not  to  be  made  of  any  salaries  or  awards  of  joint  com- 
mission under 113, 123 

With  Government  departments,  bonds  not  necessary 62 

Status  during  war  or  emergency 146, 147 

Suspension  of  eight-hour  laws  on,  during  emergency 146 

Wheeling  Mold  &  Foundry  Co.,  appropriation  for  payment  of  liqui- 
dated damages  under 100 

Wyse,  Lucien  N.  B.,  renouncement  of  rights  of  Republic  of  Panama 

to  canal  or  railroad  earnings  under 18 

See  also  Agreements,  concessions,  leases,  and  treaties. 
Contributions : 

Employees  of  canal  exempt  from  personal,  to  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Not  to  be  made  to  salaries  of  Government  employees 145 

Control : 

Canal  and  Canal  Zone — 

Army  officer  to,  during  hostilities 81 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal,  jurisdiction 77 

Granted  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 14 

Islands  and  lands  contiguous  to  Lake  Gatun ^ 20,  21 

Lands  in  Canal  Zone 46 


INDEX.  XI 

Control — Continued.  Page. 
Vessels- 
Using  canal 76 

Violators  of  Sherman  Antitrust  Act  prohibited  from  using  canal-        80 

Water  carriers  by  railroads  or  competitors 79 

Conventions.     See  Treaties. 
Convicts : 

Clothing  gratuities  for  discharged  indigent 111 

Disposition,   treatment,   and   pardon   of  convicts   to  be   established 

by  President 77 

Costa  Rica-: 

Control  over,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 9 

Earthquake  sufferers,  relief  for 53 

Route  for  canal,  authority  to  purchase  from 28 

Use  of  canal  by  vessels  of,  Colombia  or  Nicaragua 28 

Counterfeiting  Government  seal j '    163 

Courts : 

Canal  Zone — 

Abolishment  of  old 74,  75,  78 

Circuit,  district  court  to  have  same  jurisdiction  as 78 

District- 
Appeals  from  judgments  of 77,  79,  80 

Enforcement  of  espionage  act  by 160,  166 

Establishment 78 

Jurisdiction  over  offenses  committed  in  the  Canal  Zone  under 

trading  with  the  enemy  act 179 

Punishment  for  trespass,  injury,  or  destruction  of  fortifica- 
tions, etc 149, 150 

Rules  of  practice 78 

Duties   of   clerks   and   ministerial   officers   transferred   to   new 

courts 78 

Establishment,  authority  of  President  for 27 

Fees  and  fines  reappropriated 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Magistrate — 

Appeals  from  judgments 78 

Duties  of  constables  and  magistrates 77 

Establishment  of 77 

Practice  and  procedure  of  old,  applicable  to  new  courts 78 

Records  and  proceedings  of  old,  transferred  to  new  courts 78 

Supreme,  continuance  until  cases  have  been  disposed  of  and  abol- 
ishment         78 

United  States — 

Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  of  Fifth  District  to  hear  appeals  from 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone 79,  80 

Supreme,  to  hear  appeals  from  circuit  court  of  appeals 79 

Crew.     See  Seamen. 
Crimes : 

Extradition  of  persons  charged  with 17,  81 

Jurisdiction  of  District  Court  of  Canal  Zone 78,  79 

Jurisdiction  of  magistrate's  courts 77 

Jury  trial  for  persons  charged  with 78 

Cripples,  injury  compensation  for  alien : 151 

Cristobal  (steamship),  not  to  be  reboilered  from  appropriation  or  trans- 
Cristobal  (steamship),  not  to  be  reboilered  from  appropriation  or  trans- 
ferred to  Secretary  of  Navy 121, 152 

Culebra  Island: 

Grant  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 14 

Quarantine  station  removed  to  Balboa 101 

Customs,  collectors  of,  to  report  on  shipments  of  coin  or  bullion  during 

war 179 

Customs  duty : 

Establishment  of  customhouses  by  Republic  of  Panama  in  Canal 

Zone  for  collection  of 16 

Free  entry  for  canal  construction  equipment  and  supplies 17 

Reappropriation  of  United  States,  collected  on  returned  canal  equip- 
ment and  supplies 44 

Customs  officers  of  Canal  Zone,  fees  for  certification  of  documents  by 125 


XII  INDEX. 

Damages :  Page. 

Canal  or  plant 79.125 

Government  property,  espionage  act 155-166 

Lands 15,  86, 100,  111,  120  151 

Vessels  in  locks 76, 110,  111,  151 

Davis,  Gen.  George  W.,  boundary  agreement  between,  Governor  of  Canal 
Zone  and  Tomas  Arias  and  Ramon  Valdes  Lopez 20,  2] 

Death : 

Caused  by  persons  damaging  canal  to  be  considered  murder 79, 125 

Injury  compensation  regulations.  41,  45,  46,  52,  61,  62,  76,  87, 101,  111,  127-133 

Joint  commissioner  or  umpire,  appointments  in  event  of .» 17 

Liability  of  common  carriers  for,  of  employees 41,  52 

Remains  of  persons  in  military  or  naval  service,  disposition  of-  110;  119, 120 

Debauchery,    white-slave   act   prohibiting    transportation    of   women    or 
girls  for 53-55 

Debts,  rights  granted  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama  free  of  all 

anterior 18 

Decisions  of  majority  of  joint  commission  of  umpire  to  be  final 15, 17 

Decrees : 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone,  appeals  from 79,  80 

President  of  Panama  vesting  jurisdiction  in  Gatun  Lake  area  in 
United    States 20 

Deeds,  acknowledgment  of,  in  Canal  Zone  affecting  land  in  District  of 
Columbia  and  Territories 35 

Defense  of  canal.     See  Fortifications  and  defense. 

Defense  act,  applicable  to  Canal  Zone : *. 118, 119 

Defense  secrets,  espionage  act 155-166 

Defensive  sea  areas,  authority  for  establishment  of 147, 149. 150 

Deficiency   appropriations 30-34,  36, 

40,  41.  50-52,  83,  84,  92,  93, 109, 116-118, 142, 148, 154, 155, 167 

Delivery  of  persons  charged  with  crime 17,81 

Departments  of  United  States  Government  not  to  require  bond  in  Panama 

Railroad  contracts 62 

Department  of  State,  transfer  of  legation  building,  Panama  City,  to 121, 152 

Depopulation  of  Canal  Zone: 

President  authorized  to  declare  all  land  in  Canal  Zone  necessary  for 

canal  purposes 75 

Regulations  for  residence  or  entry  into  Canal  Zone 79, 125 

Deportation : 

Alien  cripples 151 

Indigent,  insane,  lepers,  etc 111,  121, 151 

Undesirables 125 

Deposit (s)  : 

Money  orders,  interest  on 125 

Regulations  for  covering  into  Treasury 77 

Depth  of  canal  to  be  sufficient  for  largest  vessels 27 

Deputy  shipping  commissioners  of  Canal  Zone  given  certain  powers  over 

seamen 125 

Destruction : 

Fortifications,  etc 147, 149, 150 

Useless  papers 73 

Detail : 

Army  officers  on  detached  duty 81,  82,  93,  94 

Circuit  or  district  judge  of  United  States  during  absence  of  district 
judge  of  Canal  Zone 78 

Detention : 

Persons  charged   with  crime 17,  81 

Vessels  exempted  from,  in  case  of  war,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 9, 10 

Dimensions  of  canal  to  be  sufficient 27 

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service  appropriations 29, 

32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  58,  59,  62,  83,  95,  115,  116,  119,  145 

Disbursing : 

Clerks  in  Washington,  detail  during  absence 49 

Consolidation  of,  of  funds  of  Panama  Railroad  and  Canal  Zone  gov- 
ernment       103 

Discovery  of  Pacific  Ocean,  exposition  to  celebrate  four  hundredth  anni- 
versary of 58,  59 

Disorderly  conduct  unlawful 125 


INDEX.  XH1 

Page. 

Dispatches  of  Republic  of  Panama  over  canal  telephone  and  telegraph 
lines,  rate  for 16 

Displacement  tonnage  of  vessels,  tolls  may  be  based  on 76 

Disposition : 

Convicts 77 

Sewage  in  Panama  and  Colon 15 

Distress,  free  use  of  ports  of  Republic  of  Panama  by  vessels  in 17, 18 

Distribution  of  water  in  Panama  and  Colon 15 

District  attorney : 

Appointment,  duties,  salary 78 

Jurisdiction  under  espionage  act 166 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone: 

Appeals  from  judgments  of 77,  79,  80 

Divisions  of — 

Division  of  records,  authority  to  establish 73 

Enforcement  of  espionage  act  by 160, 166 

Establishment    ____ 78 

Jurisdiction  over  offenses  committed  in  the  Canal  Zone  under  trading 

with  the  enemy  act 179 

Punishment  for  trespass,  injury,  or  destruction  of  fortifications,  etc_  149, 150 
Rules  of  practice 78 

District  judge  of  Canal  Zone : 

Appointment,  duties,   salary 78 

Appointment  of  clerk  and  assistant  by 78 

Jury  service  regulations  to  be  provided  by 78 

Leave  of  absence  for 78 

District  of  Columbia : 

Acknowledgment   of  deeds   and   other   instruments   in   Canal    Zone 

affecting  land  in 35 

Transfer  of  insane  Americans  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital 152 

Dockery  Act,  accounts  of  canal  to  be  rendered  in  accord  with 103 

Dockets  of  old  courts  transferred  to  new  courts 78 

Docks  and  wharves : 

Appropriations  for 72,  87,  101,  111,  121 

No.  6,  Cristobal 121, 151 

Authority  of  President  to  establish,  maintain,  and  operate  through 

Panama  Railpoad  or  otherwise 77 

Dry 72,  77,  87.  101 

Exemption  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Liability  of  railroad  for  injury  or  death  of  employees  by 41 

Documents : 

Acknowledgment  of,  in  Canal  Zone  affecting  land  in  District  of  Co- 
lumbia and  Territories 35 

Certification  of,  by  consular  officers 125 

Draft  for  Army  only  for  length  of  war 155 

Drawings  of  New  Panama  Canal  Co.,  purchase  of  property  to  include 27 

Dredges,  free  entry  of,  for  canal  purposes 17 

Drugs,  regulation  of  sale  and  use  of  cocaine,  coca  leaves,  and  opium.  91, 105-109 

Dry  docks: 

Appropriation  for  construction 72,  87, 101,  111,  121 

Authority  of  President  to  establish,  maintain,  and  operate 77 

Dues,  prohibition  of  payment  of  society  or  association 89 

Duties : 

Constables 77 

Court  clerks  and  ministerial  officers 

District  attorney 78 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal 77 

Magistrates 77 

Marshal 78 

Notaries  public 77,  78 

See  also  Jurisdiction. 

Earnings,   Canal: 

Covering  into  Treasury 77,  84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122 

Renouncement  of  right  of  Republic  of  Panama  to,  or  earnings  of  rail- 
road         18 

73828°— 17 13  _. 


XIV  INDEX. 

Earthquake  sufferers :  Page. 

Relief  of  Costa  Rica 53 

Relief  of  Jamaica 44 

Easement,   Republic  of  Panama  granted,  over  and  through  waters  of 

Canal  Zone  in  and  about  Limon  and  Manzanillo  Bays 24 

Edward  VII,  appointment  of  Lord  Pauncefote  to  make  treaty 12 

Eight-hour  laws,  suspension  during  emergency 146 

Emergency : 

Appropriations  available  in  case  of 111,  120 

Completion  of  contracts  in 146, 147 

Suspension  of  eight-hour  laws 146 

Emergency  Fleet  Corporation  considered  a  Government  establishment  for 
certain  purposes 167, 168 

Emigration : 

Aliens  to  United  States 37 

Free,  employees  of  canal 17 

Eminent  domain,  expropriation  of  all  land  in  Canal  Zone  authorized 
for  canal  purposes 75 

Employees : 

Citizens  of  Republic  of  Panama 25 

Compensation 27,  28,  40,  75,  93, 153, 154 

Exemption  from  personal  contributions  to  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Free  entry  of  provisions,  supplies,  etc.,  for 17 

Free  immigration  of 17 

Hours  of  work  of  laborers  and  mechanics 34,  36,  62,  63 

Injury  compensation  regulations , 41,  45, 

46,  52,  61,  62,  76,  87, 101,  111,  127-133 

Transfer  of,  from  executive  departments  to  independent  establish- 
ments and  vice  versa,  restricted 167 

Employees'  Compensation  Commission,  United  States 133, 143 

Enamel,  bitumastic,  for  colliers 121 

Enemy : 

Property  of,  to  be  delivered  to  alien  property  custodian 171, 177 

Trading  with,  prohibited 168 

Engineers,  civilian  or  Army,  authority  to  employ,  for  canal  construction 28 

Enlisted  men.     See  Army. 

Enrollment,  laws  regarding  seamen  applicable  to  Canal  Zone  to  apply 

whether  vessels  be  registered,  licensed  or  enrolled . 125 

Entrances,  Canal: 

Neutralization  of 18 

Ports  at,  free  of  all  charges  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Surveys  by  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey 98 

See  also  Canal. 

Equipment : 

Purchase  of  canal  construction,  limited  to  United  States  production.        34 

Sales  of 61,  84, 100, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151 

Transfer  of  canal  construction,  for  railroads  in  Alaska 91,  92 

See  also  Material  and  supplies. 

Equity,  jurisdiction  of  District  Court  of  Canal  Zone  over 78 

Espionage  act 155-166 

Estimates  for  appropriations: 

Army  barracks  and  quarters 88 

Examination  on  Isthmus 111 

Organization  to  be  same  as  shown  in 61,72,87,121,152 

Preparation  of 33,  57,  58,  88, 101, 103, 104,  111,  112 

Examination : 

Canal  accounts  on  Isthmus 113 

Estimates  on  Isthmus 111 

Exchange  of  typewriters,  adding  machines,  etc 103, 116 

Excise  taxes  in  Canal  Zone 124 

Executive  duties  of  civil  administration  of  Canal  Zone  performed  by 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal 77 

Executive  orders  of  President  of  United  States : 

Courts  established  by,  recognized  until  new  courts  are  organized 74,  75 

Expropriation  of  land  in  Canal  Zone  authorized  by 75 

Ratification  of  all,  for  government  and  sanitation  of  Canal  Zone  and 
construction  of  Panama  Canal 74 


INDEX.  XV 

Page. 

Exhibit  of  Panama  Canal  at  Panama  National  Exposition 116 

Expenditures,  reports  to  be  made  of 29,  33,  77 

See  also  Appropriations. 

Explosives,  free  entry  of,  for  canal  construction 17 

Exports,  control  and  status  during  war 160-162 

Expositions : 

Panama-California 84,  85 

Panama-National 116 

Panama-Pacific   International 58,  59,  89,  90 

Expropriation  of  Canal  Zone  lands: 

Appropriations   for 86, 100,  111,  120, 151 

Authority  for 75 

Extradition  laws__  17,81 

Factories,  canal,  exempt  from  Republic  of  Panama  taxes 16 

Control  during  emergency  or  war 146, 147 

Families  of  employees : 

Free  entry  of  provisions  and  supplies  for 17 

Free  immigration  of 17 

Pees: 

Court,  reappropriated 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Customs  officers',  for  certification  of  documents 125 

License,  and  taxes  in  Canal  Zone 124 

Membership,  prohibition  of  payment  of,  In  societies  or  associations 89 

Notaries  public 77,  78 

Felony : 

Appeals  from  convictions  for 79 

Damage  to  canal  or  plant  punishable  as 79, 125 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone,  jurisdiction  in  cases  of 78 

Espionage   act 155-166 

Extradition  of  persons  charged  with 17 

Magistrates'  courts,  jurisdiction  in  cases  of 77 

Files : 

Authority  to  establish  division  of  records  for 73 

Consolidation  and  preservation  of 72 

Fines : 

Court,  reappropriation  of 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Magistrates'  courts,  disposition  of,  and  jurisdiction 77 

Punishment  for  violating  Canal  Zone  regulations 79, 125 

Vessels  bringing  undesirables  to  Isthmus 125 

Fire: 

Appropriations  available  for  emergencies,  etc 111,  120 

Apparatus,  authority  to  purchase  motor-propelled 100, 110, 120 

Insurance  against,  not  to  be  carried  by  Panama  Railroad 44,  49,  57,  61 

Flamenco  Island  granted  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 14 

Fleets,  President  authorized  to  invite  foreign,  to  participate  in  celebration 
of  opening  of  canal 59,  95, 96 

Flood,  appropriations  available  for  emergencies,  etc 111,  120 

Folks  River,  construction  and  maintenance  of  landing  pier  for  small 
coasting  boats  of  Republic  of  Panama  on 24 

Foreign-built  vessels: 

Admission  to  American  registry 76, 105 

Not  to  engage  in  coastwise  trade  of  United  States 76 

Foreign  ports,  Canal  Zone  shipping  commissioners  given  authority  over 
seamen  similar  to  consular  officers  in 125 

Foreign  products  not  to  be  purchased  for  canal  construction 34 

Foreign  relations  of  United  States,  interference  with  (espionage  act) 155-166 

Foreign  trade  of  United  States : 

Suspension  of  requirement  for  American  watch  officers  on  vessels  in_      105 
Violators  of  Sherman  Antitrust  Act  prohibited  from  using  canal 80 

Foremen,  hours-of-service  act  not  to  apply  to  canal  construction 36 

Forfeitures,  disposition  of  magistrates'  courts 77 

Fortification  and  defense : 

Appropriations    for 61,  72,  73,  87,  88,  92, 93, 

101, 102, 112, 113, 122, 142, 143, 144, 148, 153, 154, 155, 167 
Consolidation  of__  109 


XVI  INDEX. 

Fortification  and  defense — Continued.  Page. 

Colon,  considered  part  of  Canal  Zone 23,  24 

Construction  authorized 27,  28 

Establishment  of,  right  of  United  States  for 19 

Expenditures  for,  not  to  be  paid  from  sale  of  Panama  Canal  bonds.       60, 

72,  87, 101, 121 
Land  to  be  sold  or  leased  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama  for 

protection  of  canal  and  preservation  of  neutrality 19 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

Prohibition  of,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty . 9 

Punishment  for  trespass,  injury,  or  destruction  of 147, 149, 150 

Temporary  protection  of  canal  works 30 

See  also  Army,  Canal,  Neutrality,  Protection,  and  War. 

France,  presentation  of  launch  Louise  to 105 

Franchises : 

Purchase  of  all,  of  New  Panama  Canal  Co 27 

Taxes  in  Canal  Zone 124 

Free  entry  for  canal  equipment,  supplies 17 

Free  ports  at  canal  entrances 10, 16 

French  canal  companies,  purchase  of  all  interests  of 27 

Fugitives  from  justice,  extradition  of 81 

Funds : 

Canal  Zone  and  Panama  Railroad,  consolidation  of  receiving,  dis- 
bursing, and  accounting  for 103 

Canal  Zone  revenues,  reappropriated 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Earnings  of  canal  reappropriated 77,  84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122 

Money-order 125 

Profits  of  canal  to  be  covered  into  Treasury  annually 77,  84, 

102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 152 
See  also  Appropriations. 

Gaillard,  Lieut.  Col.  David  Du  B.,  joint  resolution  for  recognition  of 
services  of,  late  member  of  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  relief 
of  wife. 90,  91 

Gas  rights  in  Canal  Zone  lands  reserved  to  United  States 46 

Gatun  Lake: 

Contour  line  to  be  sketched  upon  special  map 21 

Control  of  islands  and  peninsulas  bordering  on,  vested  in  United 

States 1 20,  21 

Gavilan  Island,  boundary  between  Canal  Zone  and  Panama 21 

Gill,  Robert  S.,  compensation  for  injury 64 

Girls,  white-slave  act,  prohibiting  transportation  of,  for  immoral  pur- 
poses    53-55 

Goethals,  Gen.  George  W. : 

Investigation  of  McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co.  claims  by 94 

Promotion  of,  for  services  in  canal  construction 117, 126 

Goodley,  William,  compensation  for  death : 97 

Gorgas,  Brig.  Gen.  William  C.,  promotion  of,  for  services  in  canal  construc- 
tion   117,126 

Government : 

Canal  Zone — 

Army  officer  to  have  jurisdiction  over  during  hostilities 81 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal,  jurisdiction  over 77 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

President  of  United  States,  jurisdiction  over 31,75, 124 

Temporary 30 

See  also  Canal  Zone. 

Exhibit  board 89,  99 

Foreign,  rights  granted  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama  free  of 

any  rights  or  privileges  to 18 

Republic  of  Panama,  no  change  in,  to  affect  rights  of  United  States 

under  treaty 19 

See  also  Panama,  Republic  of. 
Governor  of  Canal  Zone : 

Boundary  agreement  with  Republic  of  Panama  by 20,  21 

Certification  of  deeds  and  instruments  in  Canal  Zone  to  affect  lands  in 
District  of  Columbia  and  Territories—  35 


INDEX.  XVII 

Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal :  Page. 

Appointment  for  term  of  four  years 75 

Authorized  to  establish  regulations  for  residence  or  entry  on  Canal 

Zone 79 

Constables,  appointment  by 77 

District  attorney  to  advise 78 

Duties 77 

Espionage  act  in  Canal  Zone  to  be  enforced~by___I !___"_!  157 

Injury  compensation  act,  authority  to  transfer  administration  to 133 

Investigation  of  claims  of  McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co.  by__  94 

Magistrates,  appointment  by 77 

Notaries  public,  appointment  and  regulation  by I I  77,  78 

President  to  complete,  govern,  and  operate  canal  through 75 

Salary 75 

Correction  of  error  in 166 

Submarine  base  to  be  constructed  by 153 

Suit  for  damages  to  vessels  in  locks  may  be  brought  against 76 

Transfer  of  insane  patients  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital 152 

Under  orders  of  Army  officer  in  charge  of  canal  during  hostilities 81 

See  also  Canal. 

Grading  streets  in  Panama  and  Colon,  appropriation  for 48 

Gratuities  and  necessary  clothing  for  indigent  discharged  prisoners-  111,  121, 151 
Great  Britain: 

Repeal  of  coastwise  tolls  exemption  not  to  be  construed  as  waiver  of 

right  of  United  States  under  treaty 94 

Treaties  with 9-13 

Greytown,  authority  to  construct  Nicaraguan  Canal  from  near 28 

Gross  tonnage,  tolls  may  be  based  on 76 

Guarantee  of  independence  of  Republic  of  Panama  by  United  States 14 

Guards  may  be  established  in  Canal  Zone  by  Republic  of  Panama  for  col- 
lection of  customs  duties 16 

Gun  foundations  on  colliers 127 

Guns,  seacoast  and  land  defense,  appropriations  for__  61,  72,  73, 87,  88,  92, 93,101, 

102, 112, 113, 122, 142, 143 
See  also  Fortification  and  defense. 

Harbors : 

Canal,  authority  to  construct 27, 28 

Colon  and  Panama  City — 

Boundaries 14,20-25 

Use  of,  granted  to  United  States ' 16 

Vessels  using  canal  granted  free  use  of 16 

Defense  systems ;  trespass,  injury,  or  destruction  of 147, 149, 150 

Small  coasting  vessels,  construction  of  landing  pier  in  Folks  River  as_        24 

Hay,  John,  negotiation  of  treaties  by 12-19 

Hay-Bunau-Varilla  treaty 13-19 

Hay-Pauncefote  treaty 11-13 

Health  regulations  for  Canal  Zone,  President  authorized  to  make 124 

Hearings,  estimate,  appropriation  for  conducting  on  Isthmus 111 

Hodges,  Brig.  Gen.  H.  F.,  promotion  of,  for  services  in  canal  construc- 
tion  117,126 

Hospital : 

Colon,  conversion  into  quarantine  station 101 

St.  Elizabeths,  transfer  of  Canal  Zone  insane  patients  to 152 

Supplies  and  services,  reappropriation  of  receipts  from 84, 

102-104,  111,  112,  120-122 
Treatment — 

Army  garrisons 115, 116, 126, 149 

Charity  patients 44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Seamen,  and  United  States  citizens,  in  Panama,  appropriation 

for 29,  32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  59 

Hospitality  extended  belligerent  vessels  in  Republic  of  Panama  waters  to 
deprive  them  of  Canal  Zone  hospitality  for  three  months,  and  vice 

versa 20 

Hotel  supplies,  reappropriation  of  receipts  from 84, 

102-104,  111,  112,  120-122,  151 


xvm  INDEX. 

Hours  of  work:  Page. 

Alien  laborers  on  canal  construction 34,  36 

Contract  work  during  emergency 146 

Laborers  and  mechanics  before  Jan.  1,  1915 62-63 

Immigration : 

Aliens  into  United  States  from  Canal  Zone 37, 143, 144 

Free,  for  employees  of  canal 17 

President  authorized  to  make  rules  and  regulations  for,  into  Canal 

Zone 125 

Immoral  conduct  unlawful 125 

Importations : 

Dutiable  goods  into  Canal  Zone,  Republic  of  Panama  may  establish 

customhouses  and  guards  for  collection  of  customs  duties  on 16 

Free  entry  of  canal  construction  equipment  and  supplies 17 

Merchandise  into  United  States  from  Canal  Zone 31 

Opium,  cocaine,  and  similar  drugs 91 

Restriction  of,  during  war 177 

Imprisonment : 

District  court,  jurisdiction 79, 125 

Espionage   act 155-166 

Extradition    laws 17,  81 

Magistrate's   court 77 

Trespassing  in  Canal  Zone 79,125 

Violations  of: 

Canal  Zone  regulations 124 

Quarantine  and  sanitation  regulations 124 

Indecent  conduct  unlawful 125 

Independence  of  Republic  of  Panama: 

Guaranteed  by  United  States 14 

Merger  of  sovereignty  or,  not  to  affect  rights  of  United  States  under 

treaty 19 

Information : 

Espionage   act 155-166 

To  be  furnished  to  Congress  when  called  for 29 

Injury : 

Canal  or  plant 79, 125 

Compensation,  employees — 

Alien    cripples 151 

Appropriations 87,  101,  111 

Banton,  Pembroke  B 44 

Buckholdt,  Joseph  A 123 

Burrows,    John 109 

Coggan,  Clifford  J 83 

Cole,  John  H 83 

Comba,    Alessandro 64 

Disabled   employees 86, 101 

Gill,  Robert  S 64 

Goodley,   William 97 

JLackey,   Oscar   F 83 

Maher,    Edward 82 

Nelson,    Olaf 123, 124 

Regulations 41,  45,  46,  52,  61,  62,  76,  127-133 

Ridenour,  Raymond  R 82 

Sanches,  Pedro 83 

Schroeter,  F.  W.  Theodore 114 

Stump,  Charles  E 82 

Thomas,  L.  V 115 

Thompson,  Douglas  B 64 

Fortifications,  etc 147,  149,  150,  155-166 

Vessels  in  locks 76,  110,  111 

Insane  patients,  transfer  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital 152 

Instalments  due  Republic  of  Panama,  payment  of___  50,  53,  84,  92, 109, 118, 119 

Insurance,  Panama  Railroad  not  to  carry  fire 44,49,57,61 

Insurance  companies  operated  in  the  United  States  by  enemies  must  ob- 
tain licenses 170 


INDEX.  XIX 

Interest :  Paee- 

Deposit  money  orders  to  bear 125 

Money-order   funds,    available   for   payment   of   interest   on   deposit 

money  orders  and  losses  of  Canal  Zone  postal  service 125 

Panama  Railroad  notes,  payment  not  required 61 

Water  and  sewerage  system  construction  in  Panama  and  Colon 15 

Interference : 

Canal  or  plant 

Foreign  relations,  neutrality,  etc.  (espionage  act) 155-166 

Fortifications,  etc 147, 149, 150 

Radio  stations 77 

Interment  of  remains  of  persons  in  military  service  on  Canal  Zone.  110, 119, 120 

International  convention,  radio  stations  on  Canal  Zone  subject  to 77 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  jurisdiction  of,  granted  by   Panama 
Canal  act -  79,80 

Investigation : 

Magistrates'  courts,  jurisdiction 77 

McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co.'s  claims 94 

Invoices,  fees  for  certification  by  customs  officers  of 125 

Islands : 

Bay  of  Panama,  granted  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama —        14 
Gatun  Lake,  control  vested  in  United  States 20, 21 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission: 

Abolition  of 75 

Authority  to  construct  canal  through 27,  28 

Creation  of 28 

Extension  of  appropriations  for,  revival  and  continuance 31,  32 

Gaillard,  Lieut.  Col.  David  Du  B.,  recognition  of  services  of  member.  90,  91 
Payment  of  services  rendered,  by  Lieut.  Col.  William  M.  Black  and 

Lieut.  Mark  Brooke 34 

Recognition  of  services  of  Army,  Navy,  and  Public  Health  Service 

officers  serving  with 117, 126, 144 

See  also  Canal. 

Isthmus  of  Panama,  treaty  with  Republic  of  Panama  for  construction 

of  canal  across 14-19 

See  also  Canal  Zone,  Colombia,  and  Republic  of  Panama. 

Jamaica  earthquake  sufferers,  relief  of 44 

Joint  commission: 

Appointment  of 17 

Appropriations  for  payment  of  awards 86, 100,  111,  120, 151 

Appropriations  not  to  be  used  for  payment  of  salaries  or  awards  of, 

for  leases  or  contracts  of  Panama  Railroad i 113, 123 

Damages  to  private  lands  or  property  in  Canal  Zone  due  to  canal 

construction,  etc.,  to  be  appraised  and  settled  by 15 

Decisions  to  be  final 15, 17 

Umpire,  appointment,  and  decisions 17 

Joint  resolutions  of  Congress: 

Acquisition  of  vessels  of  hostile  nations 148, 149 

Amending  Army  appropriation 82 

Correction  of  error  in  sundry  civil  appropriation 166 

Extending  appropriations 63,  64,  65,  70,  96,  97 

Printing  of  special  message  of  President  concerning  Panama  Canal—        36 

Participation  in  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition 58,  59 

Purchase  of  material  and  supplies  for  canal  to  be  of  United  States 

production 34 

Recognition  of  services  of  Lieut.  Col.  David  Du  B.  Gaillard,  late 
member  of  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  relief  of  wife 90,  91 

Judge,  district: 

Appointment,  duties,   salary 78 

Clerk  and  assistant  appointed  by 

Jury  service  regulations  to  be  provided  by 

Leave  of  absence  for 78 

See  also  Courts  and  magistrates. 


XX  INDEX. 

Judgments :  Page. 

Damages  to  vessels  in  locks 76 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone,  appeals  from 79,80 

Magistrates'  courts — 

Appeals  from 78 

Enforcement    of 77 

Judiciary.     See  Courts. 
Jurisdiction : 

Army  officer  over  canal  and  Canal  Zone  during  hostilities 81 

Canal  Zone  under,  of  Panama  Canal 77 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone 78 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission  under  Panama  Canal  act 79,  80 

Magistrates'  courts : 77 

See  also  Canal,  Canal  Zone,  Control,  Duties,  Government,  and 

President  of  the  United  States. 

Jury  service  regulations  to  be  provided  by  district  judge 78 

Labor,  authority  to  supply,  to  vessels 77 

Laborers,  hours  of  work 34,36.  62,  63 

See  also  Employees. 

Lackey,  Oscar  F.,  compensation  for  injury 83 

Lakes : 

Canal  Zone,  granted  to  United  States,  with  riparian  rights 15 

Gatun,  control  of  islands  and  lands  bordering  on,  vested  in  United 

States 20,21 

Managua,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  for  canal  via 9-11 

Nicaragua,  construction  of  canal  via 9-11,  28 

Lands : 

Acquisition  for  canal  purposes — 

Additional,  from  Republic  of  Panama  authorized 74 

Appropriations  for 86, 100,  111,  120, 151 

Authority  of  President  to  declare  all  Canal  Zone  land  neces- 
sary for 75 

Authority  of  President  to  take  possession  of  Canal  Zone  land 

and  land  outside  Canal  Zone  necessary  for 31 

Coaling  or  naval  stations  in  Republic  of  Panama 19 

Employment  of  special  attorney  for 93 

Panama  City  and  Colon 15 

Purchase  of  Canal  Zone,  authorized 27-29 

Radio  stations  in  Republic  of  Panama 77 

Boundary  between  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama 14,  20.  74 

District  of  Columbia  and  Territories,  acknowledgment  of  deeds  and 

other  instruments  in  Canal  Zone  to  affect 35 

Gatun  Lake  area  borders,  control  vested  in  United  States 20,  21 

Panama  Railroad  and  New  Panama  Canal  Co.,  outside  of  Canal  Zone, 

except  Panama  City  and  Colon,  to  revert  to  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Rentals  from  Canal  Zone,  reappropriated 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Survey  of  Canal  Zone  authorized 47 

Titles  or  rights  to  private,  in  Canal  Zone  not  invalidated  by  canal 

treaty 15 

Use,  control,  and  ownership  of  Canal  Zone,  and  authority  to  lease 
same,  but  all  mineral,  oil,  and  gas  rights  to  be  reserved  to  United 

States 46 

Land  Commission.     See  Joint  commission. 

Landing  certificates,  fees  for  certification  by  customs  officers  of 125 

Landing  charges.     See  Wharfage. 

Lansing,   Robert,  negotiation  of  neutrality   agreement  between  United 

States  and  Republic  of  Panama  by 20 

Launch  Louise  presented  to  French  Government 105 

Laws : 

Canal  Zone — 

Applicable  to  civil  governor  or  civil  administration  vested  in 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal 77 

Breach  of  peace,  and  disorderly,  indecent,  or  immoral  conduct 

unlawful 125 

Duties  of  court  clerks  and  ministerial  officers 78 

Codification  of,  employment  of  attorney  for__ 93 


INDEX.  XXI 


Laws  —  Continued. 

Canal  Zone  —  Continued. 

Extradition  ____________________________________________________  17,81 

Ratification  of  _____________________  _  __________________________        74 

See  also  Canal  Zone,  and  each  subject,  as:  Appropriations, 

Road  regulations,  etc. 

Republic  of  Panama  ;  no  change  to  be  made  in,  without  consent  of 
United  States,  affecting  treaty  rights  of  United  States  _____________        19 

Lay-over  days,  appropriations  not  to  be  used  for  payment  of  ____  49,  61,  72,  87,  93 

Lease  : 

Canal  Zone,  authority  to  __________________________________________        46 

Panama  Railroad,  appropriations  not  to  be  used  for  payment  of  sal- 

aries or  awards  of  joint  commission  for  claims  for,  in  Canal  Zone_  113,  123 
Republic  of  Panama  to,  lands  to  United  States  for  coaling  or  naval 

stations  _______________________________________________________        19 

Lefevre,  Ernesto  T.,  negotiation  of  boundary  convention  by  ______________  21,  25 

Legal  papers  affecting  land  in  District  of  Columbia  and  Territories,  ac- 
knowledgment in  Canal  Zone  of  _____________________________________        35 

Legal  questions,  duty  of  district  attorney  to  advise  governor  _____________        78 

Legation  Building,  Panama  City,  transferred  to  Department  of  State___  121,  152 
Legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  appropriations  __________  31,  97,  115,  118,  145 

Liability  of  common  carriers  for  injury  or  death  of  employees  ___________  41,  52 

See  also  Injury  compensation. 
Liberty,  inhabitants  of  Canal  Zone  guaranteed  _________________________        31 

License  : 

Taxes  in  Canal  Zone  ____________  _  ______________________________  124.  125 

Vessels  under,  laws  regarding  seamen  to  apply  to  ___________________      125 

Liens,  rights  granted  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama  free  of  all  ____        18 

Light  (s)  : 

Bona  Island  and  Cape  Mala  --------------------------------------  111,  114 

Toro  Point,  no  further  payments  to  be  made  for  ____________________        73 

Lighting  systems  for  mobile  army  and  Coast  Artillery  troops  _____________      102 

Limon  Bay,  Republic  of  Panama  granted  easement  over  and  through 
waters  of  Canal  Zone  in  and  about  __________________________________        24 

Litigation.     See  Courts  and  Suits. 

Loan,  authority  to  issue  Panama  Canal  bonds  to  secure  _________________        29 

Locks  of.  Canal  : 

Construction  authorized  ______________________________________  27,  28,  35 

Damage  to_  ____________________________________________________  79,  125 

Damage  to  vessels  in  __________________  _  _________________  76,  110,  111,  151 

Regulations  for  use  and  control  of  vessels  in  ________  ,  _______________        76 

See  also  Canal. 
Locomotives,  towing,  authority  to  purchase  ____________________________      100 

Longevity  service,  appropriations  not  to  be  used  for  payment  of  allow- 

ances   for  ________________________________________________  49,  61,  72,  87,  93 

Loss: 

Canal  Zone  postal  service,  use  of  interest  on  money-order  funds  for 
payment  of  ___________________________________________________  u      125 

Panama  Railroad  not  to  carry  fire  insurance  and  reimbursement 

for  _____________________________________________________  44,  49,  57,  61 

Louise  (launch),  presented  to  French  Government  _____________  ,  -------      105 

Magistrate  : 

Appointment,  duties,  qualifications,  salary  _________________  77 

Courts  — 

Appeals  from  judgments  _____________________________________ 

Establishment  and  jurisdiction  _______________________________        77 

Records  and  proceedings  of  old  courts  transferred  to  ___________        78 

Maher,  Edward,  compensation  for  injury  and  death  ____________________        82 

Mail  service,  foreign-built  vessels  under  United  States  registry  admitted 
to  ocean  ______________________________________________________  76 

MaUs,  use  during  war  ______________________________________________  165,  166 

Maintenance,  canal.     See  Canal. 

Majority  of  joint  commission,  decisions  to  be  final—'  --------------------        17 

Managua  Lake,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  for  construction  of  canal  via  ------        9 

Manufacturing  plants,  control  during  war  or  emergency  -------------  146,  147 


xxn  INDEX. 

Manzanillo :  Page. 

Bay,  Republic  of  Panama  granted  easement  over  waters  of  Canal 

Zone 24 

Inland,  construction  of  small  boat  landing  on 24 

See  also  Colon. 

Maps: 

Boundary  line  between  Canal  Zone  and  Colon 24 

Canal,  printing  of  special  message  of  President  with 36 

Gatun  Lake  contour  line : 21 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.,  purchase  of 27 

Marine  Corps: 

Barracks  and  quarters 40,  83,  114 

Panama  Railroad  not  required  to  give  bond  in  contracts  with 62 

Marine  losses,  reimbursement  of  Panama  Railroad  for 44,  49,  57,  61 

Marine  note  of  protest,  fees  of  consular  officers  for  registration  of 125 

Marshal  of  Canal  Zone,  appointment,  duties,  salary 78 

Material  and  supplies: 

Appropriations  for.     See  Appropriations. 

Authority  to  supply  vessels  with 77 

Free  entry  of  canal 17 

Police  of  Republic  of  Panama,  free  transportation  over  railroad  for 18 

Receipts  from  sales,  reappropriated 44, 

49,  57,  73,  77,  84,  102-104,  111,  112,  120-122 

Sales  of  obsolete  and  surplus 57,  58,  61,  100 

See  also  Equipment. 

McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co.,  claims,  investigation  of 94 

Mechanics,  hours  of  work 62,  63 

See  also  Employees. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  appropriations  for 154, 167 

Medical  treatment.     See  Hospital  treatment. 

Membership   fees   or   dues   in   societies   or   associations,   prohibition   of 
payment  of 89 

Merchandise : 

Collection  of  duty  by  Republic  of  Panama  on,  imported  into  Canal 

Zone 16 

Status  of,  imported  into  United  States  from  Canal  Zone 31 

See  also  Material  and  supplies. 

Merchant   marine,   creation   of  United   States   Shipping  Board   for  en- 
couraging, developing,  and  creating  a ...  134-142 

Message  of  President  of  United  States  on  Panama  Canal,  printing  of 
special 36 

Meteorological  stations  in  Panama  Canal,  appropriation  for 124 

Mileage  allowed  United  States  judge  acting  in  absence  of  district  judge—        78 

Mines,  submarine: 

Appropriation  for 154, 155 

Trespass,  injury  or  destruction  of 147, 149, 150 

Military : 

Protection  of  canal  by 12, 19 

Powers  and  government  of  Canal  Zone  vested  temporarily  in  Presi- 
dent         31 

Service  of  Republic  of  Panama,  canal  employees  exempt  from 17 

See  also  Army,  Fortification  and  defense,  and  Navy. 

Militia  in  Canal  Zone 119 

Mineral  rights  of  Canal  Zone  lands  reserved  to  United  States 46 

Ministerial  officers  of  courts,  duties 78 

Misdemeanor : 

Extradition  of  persons  charged  with 17,  81 

Violations  of  regulations  for  residence  or  entry  on  Canal  Zone  pun- 
ishable as 79, 125 

Money.    See  Funds  and  Appropriations. 

Money-order  funds  and  deposit  money  orders,  interest  on 125 

Monopoly : 

Canal  construction  across  Isthmus 15 

Violators  of  antitrust  law  prohibited  from  using  canal 80 

See  also  Competition. 

Monuments,  boundary,  between  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama 20,  21 

Morales,  Eusebio  A.,  negotiation  of  neutrality  agreement  by 20 

Mosquito  coast,  control  over,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 9 


INDEX.  xxm 

Page. 

Mosquito  destruction  in  and  around  Canal  Zone  military  posts,  appropria- 
tion for 167 

Motor  vehicles: 

Authority  to  purchase 100, 110, 120, 150 

Estimates  to  show  purchase  of 97 

Road  regulations  and  taxation  of 124, 125 

Municipal  improvements,  appropriation  for,  Panama  City  and  Colon 48 

Municipal  taxes  not  to  be  imposed  on  canal  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Munitions  of  war  of  Republic  of  Panama : 

Free  transportation  for 18 

Seizure  of,  intended  for  export 160, 161 

Murder,  death  of  anyone  caused  within  one  year  during  attempt  to  injure 
canal  to  be  considered  as 79, 125 

Names  of  Canal  Zone  towns  to  be  determined  by  President 77 

Naos  Island  ceded  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 14 

National-defense  act  applicable  to  Canal  Zone 118, 119 

National  exposition  commission 98,  99 

Navigation  regulations,  authority  of  President  to  establish 76 

Navy: 

Appropriations 59,  70,  83,  95,  96, 114, 126, 127, 146, 154, 155 

Auxiliary,  creation  of  United  States  Shipping  Board  for  encouraging, 

developing,  and  creating  a  naval  reserve  and 134-142 

Claim  of  Panama  Railroad  against,  for  damage  to  pontoons 37 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission  to  have  one  member  officer  of 28 

Panama  Railroad  not  required  to  give  bond  in  contracts  with 62 

Pay- 
Deduction  of,  from  canal  salary 75, 118 

Retired,  in  addition  to  canal  salary . 50 

Protection  of  canal  by 19 

Recognition  of  services  of  officers  detailed  for  canal  construction 117, 

126, 144 

Stations  in  Republic  of  Panama,  authority  to  acquire 19 

Transfer  of  Panama  Railroad  steamships  to 43, 121 

See  also  Army,  and  Fortification  and  defense. 

Negligence  of  employees  of  common  carriers  no  bar  to  action  for  injury 41 

Nelson,  Olaf,  compensation  for  injury 123, 124 

Net  registered  tonnage,  tolls  may  be  based  on 76, 94 

Nets,  submarine 154, 155 

Neutrality : 

Agreement  between  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama 20 

Basis  of  canal 12 

Canal  guaranteed,  by  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 9, 10 

Canal  entrances  to  be  neutral,  in  perpetuity 18 

Interference  with  (espionage  act) 155-166 

Preservation  of  canal,  Republic  of  Panama  to  sell  or  lease  coaling  and 

naval  station  sites  to  United  States  for 19 

New  Panama  Canal  Co. : 

Authority  to  sell  property  to  United  States 16 

Purchase  of  property  by  United  States 27,  30 

Land  concessions  outside  Canal  Zone,  except  Panama  City  and  Colon, 

revert  to  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Renouncement  of  Republic  of  Panama  to  canal  or  railroad  earnings 

under  contracts  of . 18 

News,  publication  of,  in  foreign  language  restricted 180 

Nicaragua : 

Control  over,  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 9 

Construction  of  canal  via,  route  authorized 28 

Notaries  public: 

Appointment  by  governor,  who  will  prescribe  powers  and  duties,  seal, 

and  fees  to  collect 77,  78 

Deeds  to  land  in  District  of  Columbia  or  Territories,  acknowledg- 
ment in  Canal  Zone,  before 35 

Notes  of  protest,  marine,  fees  for  certification 125 

Notes,  Panama  Railroad  not  required  to  pay  principal  or  interest  on,  due 

United  States 61 

Notice  to  be  given  of  change  in  tolls , 75 


XXIV  INDEX. 

Page. 
Numbers  of  Canal  Zone  towns  to  be  determined  by  President 77 

Oaths,  magistrates'  courts 77 

Obsolete  equipment  and  supplies,  sales  of 57,  58,  61, 100 

Obstruct  canal,  punishment  for 79,125 

Occupants,  President  authorized  to  extinguish  titles  of  all,  of  Canal  Zone.        75 
Occupation,  punishment  for  violations  of  tax  regulations  for  carrying  on 

any . 125 

Office: 

Appropriation  for  construction  of  building 87 

Authority  to  secure,  for  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 29 

Rental  of,  in  District  of  Columbia 42,47,56,59,71,85,99,110,120 

Officers : 
Army — 

Control  of  canal  and  Canal  Zone  by,  during  hostilities 81 

Detail  of,  on  detached  duty 81,  82 

Hospital  treatment  for  Canal  Zone  garrisons 115, 116, 126, 150 

Pay,  additional,  for  service  in  Panama 30 

Remains  of,  disposition  of 110,119,120 

Reserve  Corps,  leave  and  retention  of  positions  for 149 

Tour  of  duty  in  Canal  Zone 115 

Army  and  Navy — 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission  membership  to  have 28 

Pay- 
Deduction  from  canal  salary  of 75, 118 

Retired,  in  addition  to  canal  salary__ 50 

Recognition  of  services  of,  detailed  for  canal  construction.  117, 126, 144 
See  also  Army  and  Navy. 

Official  opening  of  canal 75,93 

Oil  rights  in  Canal  Zone  lands  reserved  to  United  States 46 

Opening  of  canal : 

Detail  of  Army  officers  until 93,94 

Exposition  to  celebrate 58,  59 

Official  and  formal 75,  93 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

See  also  Canal. 

Operation  and  maintenance  of  canal: 
Appropriations.     See  Appropriations. 

Authority  of  President  for 27.75 

Control  of  Army  officer  over,  during  hostilities 81 

District  attorney  to  advise  governor  regarding 78 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal  to  have  charge  of 77 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

Profits  from,  to  be  covered  into  Treasury  annually 77, 

84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122 

Radio  stations  construction  authorized  for 77 

Operation  of  water  and  sewer  systems,  Panama  and  Colon 15 

Opium,  regulation  of  importation  and  use 91, 105-109 

Order,  United  States  to  maintain  public,  in  Panama  and  Colon  if  Repub- 
lic of  Panama  is  unable  to  do  so 16 

Orders,  Executive,  of  President  of  United  States : 

Courts  established  by,  recognized  until  new  courts  are  organized 74.  75 

Expropriation  of  land  in  Canal  Zone  authorized  by 75 

Ratification  of  all,  for  government  and  sanitation  of  Canal  Zone  and 

construction  of  Panama  Canal 74 

Ordinances : 

Jurisdiction  of  magistrates'  court  for  violations  of 77 

Ratification  of 74 

Ordnance  depot,  building  for  storing  artillery  vehicles 167 

Organization : 

Canal  Zone  government ^ 30-31 

Courts 77,  78 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission  under  Spooner  Act 28 

Abolishment  of . 75 

Panama  Canal , 74-81 

Ownership  of  lands  in  Canal  Zone 46 


INDEX.  XXV 

Y&g$*^ 

Pacific  Ocean,  exposition  to  celebrate  four  hundredth  anniversay  of  dis-^-' 
covery  of .J£"ti8,  59 

Panama  (City)  : 

Administration  building,  authority  for  sale  to  Republic  of  Tanama__        73 

Appropriation  for  municipal  improvements  in 48 

Boundary  between  Canal  Zone  and _  20-25 

Canal  Zone  does  not  include,  nor  harbor 14 

Collection  and  disposition  of  sewage  and  distribution  of  water,  sani- 
tation, etc 15 

Harbor — 

Use  of,  granted  to  United  States 16 

Vessels  using  canal  granted  free  use  of 16 

Land,  buildings,  etc.,  for  canal  purposes  may  be  acquired  by  United 

States    15 

Legation  building  in,  transferred  to  State  Department 121, 152 

Order  to  be  maintained  by  United  States  if  Republic  of  Panama  is 

unable  to  do  so 16 

Sanitary  ordinances  of  United  States  to  be  complied  with 15 

Panama,  Bay  of,  islands  ceded  to  United  States 14 

Panama-California  Exposition  84, 85 

Panama  Canal,  official  designation  of 74 

See  also  Canal. 

Panama  Canal  act 74-81 

Amendment  to  admit  foreign-built  vessels  to  American  registry 105 

Designation  of 81 

Repeal  of  coastwise  tolls  exemption 94 

Panama  Canal  bonds : 

Expenditures  for  canal  construction  payable  from  sale  of 29, 

32,  33,  36,  39,  44,  49,  51,  60,  72,  87,  101,  121 

Issuance  of 29, 32 

Reimbursement  of  Treasury  for  cost  of  canal  construction,  sale  of,  for_        51 

Security  for  circulation  of  national  bank  notes,  not  to  be  used  as 58 

Vessels  for  United  States  Shipping  Board,  sale  of,  for  purchasing 137 

Panama,  Isthmus  of,  treaty  with  Republic  of  Panama  for  construction 

of  canal  across 14-19 

See  also  Canal  Zone,  Colombia,  and  Republic  of  Panama. 

Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition 58,  59,  89, 90 

Panama  Railroad  Co. : 

Acquisition  of  lands,  concessions,  and  right  of  way  of,  by  United 

States 27 

Authority  of  President  to  operate  terminal  facilities  through 77 

Bonds,  payment  of  outstanding,  of  Panama  Railway  Co 38 

Claims  under  lease  or  contract  of,  appropriations  not  to  be  used  for 

payment  of  salaries  or  awards  of  joint  commission  for 113, 123 

Colon  sea  wall,  free  use  of,  granted  to  vessels  trading  with  Colon 24 

Contracts  with  Government  departments,  bonds  not  required  on 62 

Earnings  of,  renouncement  by  Republic  of  Panama  of  rights  to 16, 18 

Funds,  consolidation  of  receiving,  disbursing,  and  accounting  for 103 

Injury  compensation  regulations — 

Applicable  to  employees  of 133 

President  authorized  to  make,  for  employees  of 76 

Insurance,  fire,  not  to  be  carried  by 44,49,57,61 

Lands  outside  Canal  Zone,  except  Panama  City  and  Colon,  revert  to 

Republic  of  Panama 16 

Notes  due  United  States,  not  required  to  pay  principal  or  interest 61 

Payment  for  damages  to  two  pontoons 38 

Railroad — 

Construction  of,  not  to  be  interfered  with  or  delayed  pending 

awards  by  joint  commission 15 

Construction  of  new 44,  48 

Second   main  track 33 

Reequipment   of   33,36,38,39,43,48 

Relocation I 48,  57,  60 

Republic  of  Panama  police  granted  free  transportation  over 18 

Receipts  from  sales,  etc.,  to,  reappropriated 44, 

49,  57,  73,  77,  84,  102-104,  111,  112,  120-122,  151 
Reports  to  be  made  of  operation 33 


XXVI  INDEX. 

Panama  Railroad  Co. — Continued.  Page. 

•Steamship  Line — 

of  two  vessels  for 43 

Light,  no  further  payments  to  be  made  for 73 

Transfer  of  vessels — 

Navy  Department 43, 121, 152 

United  States  Shipping  Board 133 

Subsidy  due  Colombia,  no  payments  to  be  made  United  States  ac- 
count of 57 

Panama  Railway  Co.,  payment  of  outstanding  bonds 38 

Panama,  Republic  of: 

Acquisition  of  Canal  Zone  from 30 

Additional  land,  President  authorized  to  make  treaty  for  acquisition 

of 74 

Administration  Building,  Panama  City,  authority  for  sale  to 73 

Army,  additional  pay  for  service  in 30 

Boundary  convention  between  United  States  and 20-25 

Citizens,  employment  by  canal  in  accordance  with  Constitution 25 

Claims  for  any  rights  granted  United  States  by  treaty  to  be  set- 
tled by 18 

Coaling  and  naval  stations,  sale  or  lease  of  sites  to  United  States  for_        19 

Earnings  of  canal  or  railroad,  renouncement  of  rights  of  to 18 

Easement  over  waters  of  Limon  Bay  and  Manzanillo  Bay  granted  to_        24 

Extradition  between  Canal  Zone  and 17,  81 

Free  use  of  canal  by  vessels  of,  and  free  transportation  over  rail- 
road         18 

Hospitals,  appropriations  for 29,  32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  59 

Government,  laws  or  treaties  not  to  be  changed  without  consent  of 

United  States  or  affect  rights  of  United  States  granted  by  treaty 19 

Independence  guaranteed  by  United  States 14 

Neutrality  agreement  between  United  States  and 20 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.  and  Panama  Railroad  Co.,  renouncement 

of  rights  to 16 

Order  to  be  maintained  in  Panama  and  Colon  by  United  States  when, 

is  unable  to  do  so 16 

Payments   to 17,  50,  53,  84,  92, 109, 118, 119, 145 

Radio  stations  in,  authority  to  purchase  land  for 77 

Receipts  from  sales  to,  reappropriated 84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151 

Roads  of,  and  Canal  Zone,  President  authorized  to  make  reciprocal 

agreement  for  use 124, 125 

Sabanas,  cession  of  to,  not  to  affect  rights  of  United  States  under 

treaty 25 

Sabanas  road  to  be  maintained  by 24 

Taxes  not  to  be  levied  on  canal  or  employees  by 16 

Telephone  and  telegraph  lines  of  canal,  use  of,  by 16 

Treaties  between  United  States  and — 

Boundary  between  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama 20-25 

Canal 13-19 

Neutrality 20 

Vessels  using  canal  exempt  from  charges  by 16 

Papers,  appropriation  for  consolidation  and  preservation  of  files  of 87 

Pardon  of  convicts,  regulations  to  be  established  by  President 77 

Pass,  counterfeiting  military 163 

Passage  through  canal: 

Regulations  to  be  established  by  President  for 76 

Violators  of  Sherman  Antitrust  Act  prohibited  from 80 

See  also  Canal. 
Passengers : 

Injury  to,  on  vessels  passing  through  locks 76 

Tolls  for 76 

Passports : 

President  authorized  to  refuse,  where  used  to  detriment  of  labor 

conditions  in  United  States 143, 144 

Regulations  governing  issuance  and  use 162, 163 

Pauncefote,  Lord,  negotiation  of  treaty  by ^ 12 

Pavements  in  Panama  City  and  Colon,  appropriation  for  construction  of-        48 
Pay.    See  Compensation. 


INDEX.  XXVII 

Payment :  Page. 

Damages  to  lands  expropriated 75,  86, 100,  111,  120, 151 

Damages  to  vessels  in  locks 76, 110,  111,  120, 151 

Republic    of    Panama 17,  50,  53,  84,  92, 109, 118, 119, 145 

Peace,  breach  of,  unlawful 125 

Peninsulas,  control  of  Gatun  Lake,  having  no  access  except  over  Canal 

Zone 20,21 

Per  diem  rates  for  traveling  in  lieu  of  subsistence 104,  111 

Perico  Island  ceded  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 14 

Periodicals,  subscriptions  to,  may  be  paid  in  advance 115 

Permits,  counterfeiting  or  misuse  of  military 163 

Personal  contributions,   Canal  employees   and  officers  exempt  from,  to 
Republic  of  Panama 16 

Pestilence,  appropriations  available  in  case  of 111 

Piers.    See  Docks  and  wharves. 

Pilots  and  pilotage  in  canal  or  adjacent  waters,  President  authorized  to 

make  regulations  for 76 

.  Plans : 

Barracks  and  quarters  for  mobile  army  and  Seacoast  Artillery  in 

Canal  Zone,  Secretary  of  War  to  prepare 88 

Purchase  of,  of  New  Panama  Canal  Co 27 

Police : 

Protection  of  canal  by  United  States 19 

Regulations 27, 125 

Punishment  for  violations 77, 125 

Republic  of  Panama,  free  transportation  over  railroad  for 18 

Pontoons,  payment  to  Panama  Railroad  for  damage  to 38 

Ports : 

Canal 10, 16,  27 

Control  during  war 157, 158 

Republic  of  Panama,  to  be  free  for  vessels  in  distress 17, 18 

See  also  Canal  and  Harbors. 

Postal-savings  certificates,  payment  of  interest  on  deposit  money  orders 
issued  in  lieu  of 125 

Postal  Service: 

Losses  of  Canal  Zone,  interest  on  money-order  funds  available  for 

payment  of 125 

Receipts  from,  reappropriated  for  maintenance.  39,  44,  49,  57,  61, 73,  88, 102 

Practice  in  Canal  Zone  courts,  rules  of 78 

Premium,  appropriations  not  available  for  payment  of,  except  for  sug- 
gestions       123 

Preservation  of  files  and  records : 

Appropriation   for 87 

Authority  for 

President  of  Republic  of  Panama,  appoint  members  of  joint  commission 17 

President  of  United  States : 

Acquisition  of  vessels  of  hostile  nations 148, 149 

Administration  building,  Panama  City,  sale  authorized  by 73 

Appointment  of  Army  officer  by,  to  control  canal  during  hostilities 81 

Coaling  and  naval  stations  in  Republic  of  Panama,  authority  to  secure-        19 

Colombia,  authority  to  secure  territory  from 27 

Contracts  for  canal  construction  may  be  entered  into  by 40 

District  attorney,  appointment  by 78 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone,  authority  to  prescribe  rules  for 78 

District  judge,  detail  of  judge  to  act  during  absence  of 78 

Employees  of  canal,  authority  for  appointment,  compensation,  etc 75 

Government  of  Canal  Zone  temporarily  vested  in 31 

Governor  of  Panama  Canal,  appointment  by 75 

Injury  compensation  regulations  to  be  made  by 76 

Invitation    for    foreign    countries    to    celebrate    canal    opening    at 

Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition 58,  59 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission — 

Appointment 28 

"  Abolishment  75 

Joint  commission  and  umpire,  appointments  by 17 


XXVIII  INDEX.  , 

President  of  United  States — Continued.  Page. 

Land — 

Authority  to  acquire  additional,  from  Republic  of  Panama  for 

canal   purposes 74 

Authority  to  declare  all  Canal  Zone,  necessary  for  canal  pur- 
poses   1 75 

Laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances  ratified 74 

Licenses  provided  for  in  trading  with  the  enemy  act  to  be  issued  by_      109 
Magistrates'  courts,  authority  to  prescribe  rules  for,  and  duties  of 

magistrates  and  constables 21 

Marshal,  appointment  by 78 

Message  of,  printing  of  special,  concerning  canal 36 

National  exposition  commission,  authority  to  appoint 98,  99 

Navigation  regulations  for  canal,  authority  to  make 7G 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.  properties,  authority  to  acquire 27 

Opening  of  canal 75,  93 

Passports — 

President  authorized  to  refuse,  when  used  to  detriment  of  labor 

conditions  in  United   States 143,144 

Regulations  governing  issuance  and  use 162, 163 

Police  power  of  Canal  Zone,  authority  to  exercise 125 

Proclamations  of  treaties  by 11, 14,  20 

Radio  stations,  authority  to  construct  and  prevent  interference  with_        77 
Road  regulations  and  agreement  with  Panama  for  reciprocal  use  of 

roads,  authority  to  make 124, 125 

Sanitation,  health,  and  quarantine  regulations,  authority  to  make 124 

Taxation  in  Canal  Zone,  authority  for 124 

Terminal  facilities,  authority  to  operate 77 

Tolls,  authority  to  regulate 75 

Towns  to  exist  in  Canal  Zone,  authority  to  determine 77 

Transfer  of  certain  retired  Army  officers  to  active  list 144 

Transfer  of  equipment  for  railroads  in  Alaska,  authority  for 91,  92 

Trespass  or  residence  on  Canal  Zone,  authority  to  regulate 125 

Price,  William  Jennings,  negotiation  of  boundary  convention  by 21-25 

Prisoners : 

Disposition,  treatment,  and  pardon  of 77 

District,  reappropriation  of  Canal  Zone  funds  for  maintenance  of__       44, 

49,  57,  61,  73,  88 

Gratuities  to  discharged  indigent 111,121,151 

Hospital  treatment  for  Army 115, 116, 126, 149 

Procedure,  court 78,  59 

Proceedings : 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  under  Panama  Canal  act 80 

Transfer  of,  from  old  to  new  courts 78 

Proclamations  by  President  of  United  States  of  treaties 11, 14.  20 

Profits  from  canal  operations  to  be  covered  into  Treasury  annually 77, 

84, 103, 112, 121, 152 
Promotion : 

Army  and  Navy  officers  serving  in  canal  construction 117, 126, 144 

Increased  rate  can  not  be  granted  within  one  year  next  preceding 

proposed  employment  'n  another  executive  department 168 

Prohibition  of  increase  in  pay  for  temporary 104 

Property : 

Canal  Zone  inhabitants  protected  in  enjoyment  of  their 31 

Custodian,  alien,  President  authorized  to  appoint 171 

Personal,  jurisdiction  of  magistrates'  courts  over  title  to 77 

Purchase  of  New  Panama  Canal  Co 27 

Seizure  during  war 160-162 

Title  or  right  to  private,  in  Canal  Zone  not  invalidated  by  canal 

treaty 15 

Prostitution,  white-slave  act  prohibiting  transportation  of  women  and 

girls  for 53-55 

Protection : 

American  seamen  in  Canal  Zone,  appropriations  for 29. 

32,  34,  ?"  42,  47,  53,  58,  62,  83, 9",  116, 119, 142, 145, 167 

Panama  City  and  Colon  when  Republic  of  Panama  is  unable  to  do  so_        16 
See  also  Fortification  and  defense. 


INDEX.  XXIX 

Page. 
Protocol  of  agreement  between  United  States  and  Republic  of  Panama 

regarding  neutrality 20 

Public  Health  Service  officers: 

Payment  for  services  as  chief  quarantine  officer 151 

Recognition  of  services  of,  in  canal  construction 117, 126, 144 

Publication,   joint  resolution   for,   of   special   message   of   President   of 

United  States  concerning  Panama  Canal 36 

Punishment : 

Damage  to  canal 79, 125 

District  court,   jurisdiction 79 

Magistrate  court '. 77 

Trespass,  injury  or  destruction  of  fortifications,  etc 147, 149, 150 

Trespass  or  illegal  residence  on  Canal  Zone 79, 125 

Violations  of  police,  road,  tax  regulations 125 

Purchase   of  canal   construction   equipment   and   supplies   from   United 

States 34 

Pursuit  of  criminals  and  fugitives  from  justice 17 

Quarantine : 

Regulations — 

Authority  for  President  to  make 124 

Punishment  for  violations  of 124 

Salary  of  chief  quarantine  officer 151 

Stations — 

Appropriation  for  new 87 

Appropriation  not  to  be  used  for  construction  of ,121 

Culebra   Island,   removed  to  Balboa,   and  conversion  of  Colon 

Hospital  into 101 

Quarters : 

Army,  construction  of 88, 102, 126, 167 

Canal — 

Appropriation  for 87 

Exempt  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Marine  Corps 40,  S3, 114 

See  also  Buildings. 

Radio  communication: 

Regulation  of 65-70 

Service,  charges  for,  etc 77 

Stations- 
Construction  authorized 70,  77,  96, 114, 127 

Establishment  of  private,  prohibited  nearer  than  15  miles  to 

Canal  Zone 68 

Railroads : 

Alaska,  authority  to  transfer  canal  equipment  for 

Control  of  water  competitors  by,  prohibited 79,  80 

Isthmus  of  Panama — 

Exempt  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Monopoly  of  construction  granted  to  United  States 15 

Prohibition  of  construction  across  Sabanas 24 

Protection  of 11, 19 

Transportation  of  employees  of  Republic  of  Panama  over 

Liability  of,  for  injury  or  death  of  employees 41,  52 

See  also  Panama  Railroad  Co. 
Rank,  officers  promoted  for  canal  construction  services  to  take,  over 

those  appointed  to  similar  grades  later—  126 

Rates : 

Telephone  and  telegraph  messages  of  Republic  of  Panama  over  canal 

lines 16 

Traffic  through  canal  by  rail  and  water,  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mission to  establish 80 

Water  and  sewerage,  Panama  City  and  Colon 15 

Ratification  of  laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances  for  canal  con- 
struction and  government  and  sanitation  of  Canal  Zone 74 

Real  estate.     See  Lands. 
73828°— 17 14 


XXX  INDEX. 

Receipts :  Page. 

Canal  Zone  government,  reappropriated 39,44,49,57,61,73,88,102 

Reports  to  be  made  of 29,33,77 

Sales,   reappropriated,    etc 44,  49  57,  73,  77,  84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122 

Reciprocal  use  of  roads  of  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama,  President 
authorized  to  make  agreements  for 124, 125 

Recognition  of  services  of  Army,  Navy,  and  Public  Health  Service  officers 

for  canal  construction 117, 126, 144 

Gaillard,  Lieut.  Col.  David  Du  B 90, 91 

Records : 

Consolidation  and  preservation  of 72,  87 

Destruction  of  use  ?ss,  and  establishment  of  division  of  records 73 

Disposition  of  court 78 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.,  purchase  of 27 

Refuge,  vessels  in  distress  granted  use  of  Republic  of  Panama  harbors 
for  places  of 17, 18 

Refund  of  tolls  erroneously  collected 152 

Registry : 

Marine  notes  of  protest,  fees  due  consular  officers  for 125 

Opium,  cocaine,  and  coca  leaves,  sale  of 105-109 

Vessels — 

Foreign-built  vessels  admitted  to  United  States 105 

Laws  regarding  seamen  on  United  States,  in  Canal  Zone 125 

Tolls  may  be  based  on  tonnage 76,  94 

United    States 75,  76 

Regulations  and  rules : 

District  court  practice 78 

Magistrate  court  practice 77 

Navigation  of  canal ^ 76 

Ratification  of  all,  for  canal  construction  and  government  and  sani- 
tation of  Canal  Zone 74 

Residence  or  trespass  on  Canal  Zone 79, 125 

Road 124, 125 

Sanitation,  health  and  quarantine 124 

See  also  Laws. 

Relief: 

American  seamen  in  Canal  Zone,  appropriation  for 29, 

32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  58,  62,  83,  95, 116, 119, 142, 145, 167 

Earthquake  sufferers 44,  53 

Gaillard,  Mrs.  Katherine  Davis 90,91 

See  also  Injury  compensation. 

Religion,  inhabitants  of  Canal  Zone  protected  in  enjoyment  of 31 

Relocation  of  Panama  Railroad 48,  57,  60 

Remains,  disposition  of,  of  persons  in  military  service 110, 119, 120, 150 

Rentals : 

Canal  Zone  government,  reappropriated 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73.  88. 102 

Panama  Canal,  reappropriated 84,  102-104,  111,  112.  120-122 

Water,  Panama  City  and  Colon,  reappropriated 84,  86, 100, 112, 122 

Repairs  and  repair  shops,  authority  to  use  appropriations  for 77, 87 

Reports : 

Artistic  character  of  canal  structures 75 

Examination  of  canal  accounts 113 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission 29.  33,  61 

Manner  of  submitting 104, 113, 123 

McClintic-Marshall  Construction  Co.  claims 94 

Panama  Canal,  annual,  to  Congress  and  monthly  of  receipts  and  ex- 
penditures to  President 77 

Sales  of  obsolete  and  surplus  equipment  and  supplies 57,  58 

Reserve  Officers'  Corps,  leave  and  retention  of  positions  for  members  of 149 

Revenues,  reappropriation  of  Canal  Zone.. 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

See  also  Earnings  and  Receipts. 

Revised  Statutes  amended  by  Panama  Canal  act 75,  76 

Review  of  appeals  from  District  Court  of  Canal  Zone 79 

Reward,  appropriations  not  available  for  payment  of  cash 123 

See  also  Recognition. 

Ridenour,  Raymond  R.,  compensation  for  injury 82 


araaoc 

Right  of  way :  Page. 

Monoply  of,  across  Isthmus  granted  to  United  States 15 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.,  purchase  of 27 

Panama  Railroad.    See  Panama  Railroad  Co. 
Riparian  rights  to  rivers,  streams,  lakes,  and  other  waters  in  Canal  Zone 

granted  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 15 

Rivers : 

Riparian  rights  to,  in  Canal  Zone  granted  to  United  States  by  Repub- 
lic of  Panama 15 

San  Juan  de  Nicaragua,  construction  of  canal  via,  Clay  ton-Bui  wer 

treaty 9 

Roads : 

Army 102 

Between  Ancon  post  office  and  Tivoli  dispensary 22 

Regulations — 

Authority  of  President  to  make 124, 125 

Punishment  for  violations 125 

Rights  of  way  over  Canal  Zone,  not  interfered  with  by  canal  treaty 15 

Sabanas,  transferred  to  Republic  of  Panama 24 

See  also  Railroads  and  Streets. 

Roosevelt,  Theodore,  proclamation  of  treaty  by 13, 19 

Route,  canal: 

Authority  for  purchase  of 27-29 

Claim  of  $35  allowed  for  determining 30 

See  also  Canal. 

Rousseau,  Commander  H.  H.,  promotion  of,  for  services  in  canal  construc- 
tion   117, 126 

Rules  and  regulations: 

District  court  practice 78 

Magistrate  court  practice 77 

Navigation  of  canal 76 

Ratification  of  all,  for  canal  construction  and  government  and  sani- 
tation of  Canal  Zone 74 

Residence  or  trespass  on  Canal  Zone 79, 125 

Road 124, 125 

Sanitation,  health,  and  quarantine 124 

See  also  Laws. 

Sabanas :  » 

Cession  of,  to  Republic  of  Panama  not  to  affect  rights  of  United 

States  under  treaty 25 

Railway  not  to  be  constructed  across 24 

Road  transferred  to  Republic  of  Panama 24 

Safety  of  canal.    See  Fortification  and  defense. 
Salary.    See  Compensation. 
Sales : 

Administration  Building,  Panama  City,  authorized  to  Republic  of 

Panama 73 

Obsolete  and  surplus  equipment 57, 58, 61, 100 

Receipts  from,  reappropriated 44, 

49,  57,  73,  77,  84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151, 152 

Sanches,  Pedro,  compensation  for  injury ^        83 

San  Juan  de  Nicaragua  River,  canal  route  via 9, 28 

Sanitation : 

Army  posts  t»  Canal  Zone 126, 149, 154 

Canal — 

Canal  treaty  provision  for 14 

Panama  Canal  act  for 74-81 

Panama  City  and  Colon 15 

Appropriation  for  municipal  improvements 48 

Regulations — 

Authority  of  President  to  make 27,124 

Panama  City  and  Colon  to  comply  with  United  States 15 

Ratification  of,  for  canal  construction  and  Canal  Zone 74 

Violations  of,  punishment  for 124 

Scale  of  wages.    See  Compensation. 


INDEX. 

Page. 

School  system,  reappropriation  of  Canal  Zone  revenues  for  maintenance 
of  public 39,  44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102 

Schroeter,  P.  W.  Theodore,  compensation  for  injury 114 

Seals : 

Counterfeiting  Government  department 163 

Notaries  public . 77,  78 

Seamen : 

Exempt  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Hospital  treatment  in  Panama  for 29,  32, 34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  59 

Jurisdiction  of  Canal  Zone  shipping  commissioners  over 125 

Relief  and  protection  of  American 29, 

32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  58,  62,  83,  95, 116,  119,  142,  145,  167 

Sea-level  canal  not  to  be  constructed 35 

Search  warrants  under  espionage  act 164, 165 

Sea  wall  in  Colon,  -small  vessels  permitted  to  land  free  at  Panama  Rail- 
road         24 

Secretary  of  Interior  authorized  to  transfer  American  insane  from  Canal 

Zone  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital 152 

Secretary  of  Navy,  steamships  Ancon  and  Cristobal  not  to  be  trans- 
ferred to 121 

Secretary  of  War : 

Authorized  to  purchase  two  vessels  for  Panama  Railroad 43 

To  prepare  plans  and  estimates  for  barracks  and  quarters  for  mobile 

army  and  seacoast  artillery  on  Canal  Zone__ 88 

To  submit  aerial  defense  needs  for  canal 144 

Senate  of  United  States : 

Appointment  of  district  attorney  and  marshal,  with  advice  and  con- 
sent of 78 

Appointment  of  Governor  of  Panama  Canal,  with  advice  and  consent 

of . 75 

Services : 

Receipts  from,  reappropriated 84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151 

Recognition  of — 

Army,  Navy,  and  Public  Health  Service  officers  for  canal  con- 
struction  117, 126, 144 

Gaillard,  Lieut.  Col.  David  Du  B 90,91 

Settlement  in  Canal  Zone,  authority  of  President  to  make  rules  for 79, 125 

Settlements,  President  to  determine  what,  shall  exist  in  Canal  Zone 77 

Sewers : 

Army  settlements 102 

Panama  and  Colon — 

Appropriation  for  construction  of 48 

Collection  and  disposition  of  sewage 15 

Sherman  Antitrust  Act  violators  prohibited  from  using  canal 80 

Shipping  Board,  United  States : 

Creation  of 134-142 

Emergency  Fleet  Corporation  considered  a  Government  establishment 

for  certain  purposes 167, 168 

Sale  of  Panama  Canal  bonds  to  purchase  vessels  for 137 

Transfer  vessels  of  Panama  Railroad  to 135 

Vessels  of  hostile  nations  acquired  to  be  operated  by 148, 149 

Shipping  commissioner  of  Canal  Zone,  Jurisdiction  over  seamen _      125 

Shops : 

Appropriations  for 

Authority  for  establishment,  maintenance,  and  operation 

Exempt  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Shores  of  Gatun  Lake  to  100-foot  contour  line,  control  vested  in  United 

States 20,21 

Sibert,  Lieut.  Col.  William  L.,  promotion  of,  for  services  in  canal  con- 
struction  117,126 

Signal  regulations  for  Canal  Zone  roads,  authority  of  President  to  make-      124 
Smuggling,  authority  of  Republic  of  Panama  to  establish  customhouses 

and  guards  in  Canal  Zone  to  prevent 16 

Societies,  prohibition  of  payment  of  membership  fees  or  dues  in 89 

Sovereignty : 

Canal  Zone  vested  in  United  States 

Countries  for  canal  route  not  to  affect  neutrality  agreement 13 


xxxm 

Sovereignty — Continued.  Page. 

Republic  of  Panama : 

Isthmus  of  Panama  vested  in 13 

Merger  of,  not  to  affect  rights  of  United  States  under  treaty 19 

Spanish  law,  employment  authorized  of  attorney  versed  in,  for  codifica- 
tion of  Canal  Zone  laws  and  acquisition  of  Canal  Zone  lands 93 

Speed   regulations,    authority   of   President   to   make,   for   Canal   Zone 
roads 124,153 

Spooner  Act 27-29 

Stock,  authority  to  acquire  Panama  Railroad  Co 27 

Stop  watch,  appropriations  not  available  for  payment  of  time  study  by_  122, 123 

Storehouses : 

Appropriation  for 87 

Army 102, 167 

Authority  for  establishment,  maintenance,  and  operation  of 77 

Exempt  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Streets,  Panama  City  and  Colon : 

Appropriation  for  extension,  grading,  and  paving 48 

Expenditures  for,  reappropriated 84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151 

See  also  Roads. 

Structures  of  canal,  Commission  of  IPine  Arts  permitted  to  make  report  on 
artistic  character  of 75 

Stump,  Charles  E.,  compensation  for  injury 82 

Suez  Canal,  reference  to  Constantinople  convention  for  free  navigation 
of 12 

Subdivision  of  Canal  Zone,  authority  of  President  to  make 77 

Submarine  base 153, 167 

Submarine  mines: 

Appropriations  for 154, 155 

Trespass,  injury  or  destruction  of 147,149,150 

Subscriptions  to  periodicals  may  be  paid  in  advance 115 

Subsidy : 

Panama  Railroad  Co.,  due  Colombia  not  to  be  made  to  United  States.        57 
Republic  of  Panama  for  Canal  Zone 17, 50, 53, 84, 92, 109, 118, 119, 145 

Subsistence : 

Per  diem  rates  for  traveling  in  lieu  of 104,  111 

Prohibition  of  payment  of  any  sum  except  for 92 

Suggestions,  payment  of  rewards  for,  by  employees 123 

Suits  (law)  may  be  brought  against  governor  for  damage  to  vessels  in 

locks__ „ 76 

See  also  Courts. 

Sundry  civil  expenses,  appropriations  for : 

1907  __  __  _  35 

1908 I  38-40 

1909 42-44 

1910 47-49 

1911 55-58 

1912 59-62 

1913 70-74 

1914 85-90 

1915 97-104 

1916 110-113 

1917 __  119-123 

1918 150-154 

Correction  of  error  in 166 

Superintendents,  hours-of-service  act  not  applicable  to  canal  construction, 
of  alien  laborers 36 

Supplies : 

Appropriation  for.    See  Appropriations. 

Authority  to  supply  vessels  with 77 

Free  entry  of  canal 17 

Police  of  Republic  of  Panama,  free  transportation  over  railroad  for 18 

Sales  of  obsolete  and  surplus 57, 58,  61, 100 

Sales,  receipts  reappropriated 44, 

49,  57,  73,  77, 84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 151 
See  also  Equipment 


XXXIY  INDEX. 

Supreme  Court: 

Canal  Zone,  continuance  until  cases  are  disposed  of,  and  abolition.-  78 

District  Court  of  Canal  Zone  to  have  same  jurisdiction  as 78 

United  States,  appeals  to 79 

Surety  bonds: 

Disbursing  clerks,  in  Washington,  to  cover  acting  disbursing  clerk__  49 
Panama  Railroad  not  required  to  give,  in  contracts  with  Govern- 
ment departments 62 

Rates  for,  for  employees  of  United  States 51 

Survey : 

Canal  Zone  lands,  authorized 47 

Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey  of  canal  entrances 98, 110, 120, 150 

Nicaragua  route  for  canal  authorized  by  Isthmian  Canal  Commission-  28 

Tags  for  vehicles  using  Canal  Zone  roads,  authority  of  President  to  pre- 
scribe       124 

Taxation : 

Authority  for  assessment  and  collection  of  ad  valorem,  excise,  license, 

and  franchise,  in  Canal  Zone 124 

Canal  Zone  revenues  from,  reappropriated 39,  44, 49,  57,  61, 73,  88, 102 

Motor  vehicles  using  Canal  Zone  roads 124, 125 

Opium,  cocaine,  and  coca  leaves,  sale  of 105-109 

Reciprocal  use  of  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama  roads 124, 125 

Republic  of  Panama,  canal  exempted  from 16 

Violations  of  rules  and  regulations  for,  punishment  for 125 

See  also  Customs  duty. 

Tehuantepec  route,  proposed  construction  of  canal  via 11 

Telephone  and  telegraph  lines  of  canal,  rates  for  use  by  Republic  of 

Panama  of 16 

Territory : 

Acknowledgment  of  deeds  and  other  instruments  in  Canal  Zone  to 

affect  lands  in 81 

Extradition  laws  of  United  States  applicable  to  Canal  Zone  and  it 

will  be  considered  as  organized  for  that  purpose  only 81 

See  also  Lands. 
Terminals  of  canal: 

Appropriations  for  construction  of 72 

New  Panama  Canal  Co.  and  Panama  Railroad  Co.,  transferred  to 

United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

See  also  Canal. 
Termination  of  service  of  canal  employees  to  be  at  pleasure  of  President-        75 

Thomas,  L.  V.,  compensation  for  injury 115 

Thompson,  Douglas  B.,  compensation  for  injury 64 

Three-mile  limit  on  each  side  of  Canal  Zone  granted  to  United  States  by 

Republic  of  Panama 14 

Time  study,  appropriations  not  available  for  payment  of 122, 123, 153 

Titles: 

Canal  Zone,  appropriation  to  acquire,  from  Colombia 27 

Canal  Zone  lands — 

Not  affected  by  canal  treaty 15 

President  authorized  to  extinguish  all  private 75 

See  also  Lands. 
Tolls,  Panama  Canal: 

Ballast,  vessels  in 76 

Changes  in,  to  be  proclaimed  by  President,  after  six  months'  notice. 

Clayton-Bulwer  treaty 10 

Exemption  of  United  States  coastwise  vessels 

Hay-Pauncefote  treaty 

Method  for  assessing 76.  94 

Refund  of  erroneously  collected 152 

Repeal  of  exemption  of  United  States  coastwise  vessels 94 

Republic  of  Panama  exempted  from 

Tonnage,  tolls  may  be  assessed  on  basis  of 76, 94 

Toro  Point  Light,  no  further  payments  to  be  made  on  account  of 

Torpedoes,  trespass,  injury,  or  destruction  of 147, 149, 150 

Towing  locomotives,  authority  to  purchase 100, 110, 120 

Towns  in  Canal  Zone,  President  to  determine  existence  of 77 

Trade,  violations  for  carrying  on,  in  Canal  Zone  without  complying  with 
regulations 125 


INDEX.  XXXV 

Page. 
Trading  with  the  enemy  prohibited 168 

Traffic : 

Road    regulations 124, 125 

Through   canal — 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission  to  establish  routes  and  rates 

for,  by  rail  and  water 80 

Regulations,  authority  for  President  to  make 79 

Transfer : 

Employees  from  executive  departments  to  independent  establishments 

and  vice  versa  restricted 167 

Equipment  for  railroads  in  Alaska 91,  92 

Insane  Americans  to  St.  Elizabeths  Hospital 152 

Panama  Railroad  vessels  to  Navy  Department 43, 121 

Retired  Army  officers  to  active  list 144 

Transportation : 

Deductions  from  employees'  pay  for,  reappropriated 40 

Remains  of  persons  in  military  service 110, 119, 120 

Women  and  girls  for  immoral  purposes,  white-slave  act  prohibiting 53-55 

Traveling : 

Pay  of  employees  to  apply  when  temporarily 40 

Per  diem  allowance  for,  in  lieu  of  subsistence 104,  111,  120 

Prohibition  of  payment  of  any  sum  except  for  subsistence  while 92 

Treasury  of  United  States: 

Net  profits  from  canal  operations  to  be  covered  annually  into 77, 

84, 103, 112 

Receipts  from  sales,  etc.,  need  not  be  covered  into 77 

Treatment : 

Convicts 77 

Hospital — 

Army  garrisons • 115. 116, 126, 149 

Charity  patients 44,  49,  57,  61,  73,  88, 102, 120, 151 

Panama,  appropriation  for 29,  32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53,  59 

Treaties : 

Boundary  of  Canal  Zone i. 20-25 

Extradition,  of  United  States  extended  to  Canal  Zone 81 

Great  Britain — 

Clayton-Bulwer   treaty 9-11 

Hay-Pauncefote  treaty 11-13 

Repeal  of  coastwise  tolls  exemption  not  to  be  held  waiver  of 

any  right  of  United  States  under 94 

Neutrality 20 

Republic  of  Panama — 

Construction  of  Canal 1  13-19 

Changes  not  to  be  made  in  treaties  without  consent  of  United 

States  if  affecting  rights  of  United  States  under 19 

Cancellation  of  other  treaties  incompatible  with 

Colombia,  appropriation  for  payments  to 50,  53 

Payments  to  Panama  under 84,  92, 109, 118, 119, 145 

President  authorized  to  make,  for  acquisition  of  additional  land-        74 
Trespass : 

On  Canal  Zone 79, 125 

On  fortifications,  etc 147, 149, 150 

Trials,  court.     See  Courts. 
Trusts: 

Prohibited  from  using  canal 80 

Rights  and  privileges  granted  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 

free  of  all 18 

Typewriters : 

Exchange  of 103, 116 

Purchase  of 97, 104, 113, 118, 145 

Ulysses   (collier)  : 

Bitumastic  enamel  covering  for 

Installation  of  gun  foundations  on 127 

Self -discharging  equipment  for 120, 121 


XXXVI  INDEX. 

Umpire,  joint  commission:  Page. 

Appointment  of 17 

Decisions  to  be  final 17 

Undesirables,  exclusion  from  Isthmus  of 125 

Union  or  confederation  of  States,  entrance  of  Republic  of  Panama  into 

any,  not  to  affect  rights  of  United  States  under  treaty 19 

United  States: 

Acquisition  by,  of  all  property  of  New  Panama  Canal  Co.  and  Panama 

Railroad  Co 16 

Claims  for  rights  granted,  except  joint  commission,  to  be  paid  by  Re- 
public of  Panama 18 

Compensation  of  employees  based  on  rates  in,  plus  25  per  cent,  for 

similar  work 75 

Constables  to  be  citizens  of 77 

Customs  duties  collected  on  canal  equipment  in,  reappropriated 44 

Earnings  of  canal  and  railroad,  rights  of  Republic  of  Panama  to, 

renounced  in  favor  of 18 

Extradition  treaties  of,  extended  to  Canal  Zone 81 

Hospital,  treatment  in  Panama  for  citizens  of 29,  32,  34,  37,  42,  47,  53.  59 

Immigration  of  aliens  into,  from  Canal  Zone . 37, 143, 144 

Importations  into,  from  Canal  Zone ; 31 

Joint  commission  awards  to  be  paid  by 15 

Jurors  to  be  citizens  of 78 

Legation  Building,  Panama  City,  transferred  to  State  Department-  121, 152 

Loans  due,  from  Panama  Railroad  not  required  to  be  repaid 61 

Magistrates  to  be  citizens  of 77 

Messages  of,  to  be  given  preference  at  radio  stations 77 

Protection  of  canal  by = 19 

See  also,  Fortification  and  defense. 

Purchases  of  canal  equipment  and  supplies  to  be  made  in 

Sales  of  material  and  supplies  to  vessels  of 77 

Seamen  of,  jurisdiction  of  Canal  Zone  shipping  commissioners  over —  125 
Subsidy  due,  by  Panama  Railroad  contract  with  Colombia,  not  to  be 

paid 57 

Treaties  between — 

Great  Britain 9-13 

Republic  of  Panama 13-25 

Water  and  sewer  systems  in  Panama  and  Colon  to  be  constructed  by_  15 
Universal  Panamal  Canal  Co.,  renouncement  by  Republic  of  Panama  of 
rights  to  earnings  of  canal  or  railroad  under  contracts  of,  with  Co- 
lumbia   18 

See  also  New  Panama  Canal  Co. 

Valdes  Lopez,  Ramon,  negotiation  of  boundary  agreement  by 20,  21 

Value  for  assessment  of  damages  to  Canal  Zone  lands,  basis  of 15 

Vehicles,  road  regulations  for 124, 125 

See  also  Motor  Vehicles. 
Vessels : 

Acquisition  of,  of  hostile  nations 148, 149 

Blockade  of,  provisions  in  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  exempting  from 9 

Citizenship  of  watch  officers,  suspension  of  requirements 105 

Clearance  may  be  withheld   of,   bringing  undesirables  to   Isthmus 

until  fine  and  maintenance  have  been  paid 125 

Coal  barges,  appropriations  for —      151 

Coastwise,  United  States — 

Foreign-built  vessels  not  to  engage  in  trade 76 

Repeal  of  tolls  exemption  for 94 

Tolls  exemption  for 75 

Control  and  status  during  war 155-166 

Damages  to,  in  locks 76, 110,  111 

Dimensions  of  canal  to  be  sufficient  to  permit  passage  of  all 27 

Distress,  to  have  free  use  of  ports  of  Republic  of  Panama 17, 18 

Facilities  for  supplying 72,  77 

Government  control  during  war  or  emergency 146, 147 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  jurisdiction  of,  over,  using  canal —  79,  80 

Liability  of,  for  injury  or  death  of  employees 

Materials  for  construction  and  repair,  allowed  free  entry 76 


INDEX.  XXXVII 

Vessels— Continued.  Paee- 

Merchant  marine  and  naval  auxiliary,  act  to  promote 134-142 

Navigation  regulations,  authority  to  make 76 

Neutrality    agreement    between    Republic   of    Panama    and    United 

States ! 20 

Panama  Railroad — 

Purchase  of  two  vessels  for : 43 

Toro  Point  Light,  no  further  payments  to  be  made  for 73 

Transfer  of  vessels : 

Navy   Department 43, 121, 152 

United  States  Shipping  Board 133 

Receipts  from  sales  to,  reappropriated 84, 102-104,  111,  112, 120-122, 152 

Registration  in  United  States  of 75,76,103 

Republic  of  Panama — 

Granted  easement  over  waters  of  Limon  and  Manzanillo  Bays — 

Tolls  exemption  for 18 

Seamen  on  United  States,  jurisdiction  of  Canal  Zone  shipping  com- 
missioners over—. 125 

Tax  exemption  by  Republic  of  Panama  of 16, 17 

Tolls 76,94 

Coastwise  vessels  of  United  States  exemption 75 

Country  through  which  canal  passes,  exemption  from 18,  28 

Refund  of  erroneously  collected 152 

Repeal  of  exemption  for  coastwise  vessels  of  United  States 

Violators  of  Sherman  Antitrust  Act  prohibited  from  using  canal 80 

Violations : 

District  court,  jurisdiction 79 

Magistrates'  courts,  jurisdiction 77 

Panama  Canal  act 81 

Police,  road,  and  tax  regulations 125 

Sanitary  and  quarantine  regulations 124 

Trespass,  immigration  or  illegal  residence  on  Canal  Zone 79, 125 

Wages.    See  Compensation. 
War: 

Acquisition  of  vessels  of  hostile  nations . 148, 149 

Army  service  in  Canal  Zone  in  time  of 115 

Control  of  canal  and  Canal  Zone  by  Army  officer  during 81 

Espionage  act 155-166 

Control  of  manufacturing  plants 146, 147 

Vessels — 

Tolls  for 76 

Use  of  canal  by 9, 12, 13 

See  also  Fortification  and  defense,  Army,  and  Neutrality. 
Warehouses : 

Appropriation  for . — 

Authority  for  establishment,  maintenance,  and  operation  of 77 

Exemption  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Warrants,  search,  under  espionage  act Io4, 165 

Watch : 

Officers  on  United  States  vessels  in  foreign  trade,  suspension  of  re- 
quirement that,  be  United  States  citizens 105 

Stop,  appropriations  not  available  for  payment  of  time  study  with —     122, 

123,153 
Water(s)  : 

Canal,  navigation  regulations  for 76 

Canal  Zone,  Republic  of  Panama  granted  easement  over  and  through, 

in  and  about  Limon  and  Manzanillo  Bays 24 

Power  rights  in  Canal  Zone  granted  to  United  States  by  Republic  of 

Panama 15 

Riparian  rights  granted  to  United  States  by  Republic  of  Panama 15 

terns — 

Army  posts 102 

Panama  City  and  Colon — 

Appropriation  for  construction . 

Distribution  of  water  in 

Receipts  from,  reappropriated 84,  86, 100, 112, 122, 152 

Weather  stations  in  Panama  Canal,  appropriation  for 124, 145 


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Wharfage :  Page. 

Receipts  from,  reappropriated 84,  102-104,  111,  112,  120-122,  152 

Small  vessels  to  use  Colon  sea  wall  without 24 

Wharves  and  docks: 

Appropriations  for 72,  87,  101,  111,  121,  151 

Authority  of  President  to  establish,  maintain,  and  operate,  through 

Panama  Railroad  or  otherwise 77 

Exemption  from  taxation  by  Republic  of  Panama 16 

Liability  of  railroads  for  injury  or  death  of  employees  by 41 

Wheeling  Mold  &  Foundry  Co.,  appropriation  for  payment  of  liquidated 
damages  deducted  on  contract  with 100 

White-slave  act  applicable  to  Canal  Zone 53-55 

Wigginton,  Peter  W.,  compensation  for  injury 82 

Wilson,  Woodrow,  proclamation  of  Canal  Zone  boundary  convention  by 25 

Wireless  telegraphy.     See  Radio  communication. 

Women,  white-slave  act  prohibiting  transportation  of,  for  immoral  pur- 
poses   53-55 

Work,  hours  of : 

Alien  laborers  on  canal  construction 34,  36 

Contract  work  during  emergency 146 

Laborers  and  mechanics  before  Jan.  1,  1915 62-63 

Works,  canal.     See  Canal. 

Workmen.     See  Employees. 

Wyse,  Lucien  N.  B.,  renouncement  of  rights  of  Republic  of  Panama  under 
contracts  by,  with  Colombia 18 

Yards : 

Appropriation  for  construction 87 

Authority  of  President  to  establish,  maintain,  and  operate 77 

Zone.    See  Canal  Zone. 


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